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Well, I'd never indulge in that game of trying to nominate a man.

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I would nominate the candidate of the opposition.

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First of all, I don't think people will take it at face value.

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And second, I think they have a right to select the man that they think will best represent their party.

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I will say this, that at the present time, Senator Kennedy, as I said since San Francisco last week,

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is the front-runner among the Democratic candidates at this time, and is campaigning very effectively.

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I'm glad to return that.

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The rejection of Mr. Straw as the Secretary of Commerce

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drove beyond the shadow of a doubt that Senator Johnson can get anything he wants out of this Senate.

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When he cracks the whip, Senators jump.

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And this is a victory for Senator Johnson above perhaps most anybody else in the Senate.

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But I, in myself, think that it's a parric victory, a parric victory, one in which he may have won a battle,

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but will contribute to his losing the war.

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I think that actually the country, and of course I am a little prejudiced perhaps on this,

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the country is going to look upon the Straws' rejection as partisan politics.

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And I think they are going to, for that reason, not consider it a vote of the President.

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And in the final analysis, it may prove to be a boon to the President in getting support for him

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because people think that the Senate has mistreated him.

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Thank you.