Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Mahoney received the Democratic nomination for governor, largely as a result of support from the conservative Eastern Shore and Western Maryland counties, liberals and moderates turned to Agnew in droves as the middle of the road candidate. And during the 1966 campaign he was exactly that...
Countering Mahoney's "Your home is your castle" slogan, Agnew ran a classic liberal-moderate campaign. He pushed for tax reform, open housing laws, took a moderate stand on law and order and called for the repeal of a Maryland statute prohibiting interacial marriages...
Liberal and black Democrats from the overwhelmingly Democratic suburban Washington, D.C., counties championed Agnew as the ideal candidate; a moderate career public executive who approached elective office with more emphasis on problem solving than on partisanship. Reform-minded Democratic leaders throughout the state told voters over and over throughout the campaign, "Agnew...
During his first year as governor, Agnew established a progressive record. He pushed hard for the issues on which he had campaigned, continually met with black leaders throughout the State in attempts to head off racial problems and took a moderate position on crime and punishment. As a result his support among the coalition increased and he had few problems with the Democratic controlled Maryland Congress...
Then, in his second year, Agnew bewildered his liberal supporters with numerous reversals of his previous positions. When rioting broke out in black sections of Baltimore, Agnew called in the black leaders and issued a scathing statement blaming them for the trouble...