WHERE IS MR. SMITH?
In “Where Is Mr. Smith?” I was quoted as saying, “It would be a marvelous thing if our political parties gave an awful lot of thought to bringing along these quite interesting, quite unexpected kinds of candidates.” It would be inaccurate to infer that this is an endorsement of the people mentioned in the article. Brownstein called to ask for my wish list. I nominated Saul Bellow and John Updike. My quote is an endorsement of my candidates.
STEPHEN HESS
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Washington, D.C.
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