Word: albatrosses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Romney refused to don "the Goldwater albatross," concentrated on his record (he turned Michigan's chronic deficit into a $57.1 million surplus), thus did even better in Detroit's Democratic Wayne County than he had two years ago. In doing so, the canny car builder denied a ride on Lyndon's coattails to Democratic Congressman Neil Staeb'er (who was held to about 53% of the Wayne County vote, v. Johnson's 71%). It was enough to let Romney ramble, and he may yet ramble a lot further. Other key gubernatorial races: > >Republican Daniel Jackson...
...course in 1962 between Kennedy and McCormack, and finally gathering together all the losers in the past several elections in his own bid for the gubernatorial nomination. He assiduously avoided being connected with any particular issue or cause, especially capital punishment, which had turned out to be a Peabody albatross...
...ideas were simple and devastating: 1) flame-throwing denunciation of Goldwater and his record toward the common man which reduces the Republican candidate to a small pile of white ash; 2) hanging the Goldwater albatross around Volpe's neck and nailing it to his jugular; 3) recalling the memory of President Kennedy and Volpe's criticism of him; 4)criticizing Volpe's sales tax as being against the common man; 5) appealing to the voter's Joyalty to the Party of the Poor Man. "We will not betray you." The Democrats in Massachusetts outnumber the state's 600,000 Republicans...
Scott, who would be a heavy favorite without the Goldwater albatross, looks at a newly achieved Democratic registration edge of 125,000, and runs scared. Armed with a fistful of endorsements by virtually every major newspaper in the state (most of which also support President Johnson), he has run on his record in Congress and accused his opponent of distorting it for votes. He has raced up and down the state in both a helicopter and a "Hugh Scott Bandwagon," with a large and vigorous campaign staff whose average age is about 30. Despite a lag in contributions...
Last week Romney faced his gubernatorial opponent, scholarly Congress-man-at-large Neil Staebler, in debate before mostly Democratic delegates to a state A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Grand Rapids. In his opening remarks, Staebler set about trying to drape that albatross. Said he, in his high-pitched voice: "Romney is having a difficult time defending the Republican record while he attempts to carry Goldwater on both shoulders. Make no mistake about...