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Reagan h By Leroy Williams Gamocock Staff Writer nepuDiican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan can win the March 8 S.C. Republican presidential primary with a "strong base of support he's built over the years," says Lee Atwater, director of the Reagan campaign in South Carolina. Atwater, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at USC, said South Carolina is a crucial state for Republican candidates because it is the site of the campaign's first Southern primary. A win here can show much-needed Southern Wm i ij|| i I Ronald Reaaan i support, he said. Because this is the South's first primary, Atwater says H 4s im-- 1 portant that former CIA director ! George Bush and former Texas j < governor John Cbtoally make a' j J strong showing here in order to , ] defeat Reagan. "It is imperative to . Connally that he win South Carolina," Atwater said. "If he can't win here with (U.S. Sen.) ? Strom Thurmond and (former S.C. j Gov.) Jim Edwards backing him, ] jgjg. 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Atwater explained that he reviewed South Carolinians' voting habits in the four major general elections this past decade and selected 50() voter precincts, from a total of 1,600, in which to target a massive telephone campaign. These 500 precincts are those in which a Republican candidate for office won 50 percent or more of the total votes cast. "1 feel that 71 percent of the total vote in this primary will come from these precincts," Atwater said. Atwater has obtained computer lists of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of registered voters in those precincts. Atwater has not ignored the other 1,100 precincts, however. He says voters in other precincts will be exposed to Reagan through radio and television advertisements. .uiujyaigiiillg ClWUgU ClUU UUl participating in the debates in Iowa. So far, Reagan has comonal House of I ancakes [j ssenibly Street 1 > tr a r> H )J-VOUO 5 pm Until Midnight I Ground Beef Steak with ! 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Should we be out, our anig service will be glad to take a message. , ; f ,^1 g support pensated by visiting the Palmetto State five times, and he is expected to make a total of eight campaign fine Horn Wonoan will camoainn in Greenville tomorrow. There are many who are concerned about Reagan's performance as president because of his age. Atwater, however, refutes any notion that age will be a factor. "I don't see age as a barrier. The question is whether he can do the job." Atwater quoted a recent Newsweek poll showing that 79 percent^of those polled did not feel _ LADIES intludt gingham*, corda, flqiw ALL LADIES XS39 PEHIM JEANS OB 1MEC WWW! i LHWIEJ ' | SKIRTS MEMS SHIRTS' 9" 20% to lie MOE IE S 4!^ 4^9 4 I TRIPS an I I * * . * $68 Incli I Roundtri * ; and Bee I ? Lift ticket * m ITIotel a? i X* * Sign Up Now: 133 I*************** * "* i '* * t ? . %. . . - < in South a candidate's age was imj>ortant. Atwater believes Reagan will do fine in the Feb. 28 debate at USC. He also said that if Reagan became the Republican nominee, he would win the election. "I think Reagan would carry the west and some conservative midwestern states," Atwater said. "If he can win a Southern state, such as Texas, and win a state here and a state there, he would win." ATWATER SAID he met Reagan for the first time in 1972 and has high praise for him as a person. TOPS )#l A W9lt#N1l DENIM JACKETS SKIRTS om CORDUROY SKI BIBS 1995 unmIi la U.SJL 50% off throughout botl )E LEV DOWNTOWN VYS JEAN S evei^Oak^^ho^ aJLa aAa a?< aJ^ ^ ^J1" M d EXPEDITIONS CC presents: SKI ? BEE (Tiarch 7-9 jdes: p transportation betw ?ch mountain l ? Z i ' Lb ror z oays ccomodations at the I d Guide: Reb Thorr In the Activities Office Second Floor Lobby-I fnll 777-A/1Ar> ? . I ill V/-TW/ I KJ I IIIU kikskskikskslukJltJtcslcsfe^^^A . * .^ . # * / " * *!r * ** * '" * ' * *?.* v ... . . ./ ' * * - * \ < ' >. * 1 Carolina "You can tell Reagan has a strong sense of inner peace," Atwater said. "He would never make a rash Vz price BUTTON DOWN OXFORD SHIRTS LADIES, RUNS iA99 * BOYS ,w i stores 'tffl I IS , TATIOM I r. I 77 )mmiTTEE | * * * * * * ru I I ? t # | een (JSC | , * Inn ~ - f ,v 'v.y-. u*-K TV,w*-' - ? **' ' I ias * * * * * ?ussell House * re information j? ...? ^irjij^y s' * .1 \ ' v'* /' > decision." He feels if Reagan were president now, the United States would not be faced with the problems in Iran and Afghanistan. Atwater managed the campaigns of S.C. Heps. Carroll Campbell, Moffit Burris and Joyce Hearn. He also worked on the 1976 Reagan and Ford campaigns and in the 1972 Nixon presidential pamn Vz price I niaii iaw Mm i THE GENERAL elections Atwater reviewed were the 1978 U.S. Senate race, the 1976 presidential election, the 1974 S.C. gubernatorial election and the 1972 presidential campaign. Atwater said he thinks Reagan "learned his lesson" from not [>Qmn<itrrninrf ?J ?