Word: arizona
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decisions in New Hampshire began the painful process of winnowing out the candidates. Whatever their rating behind the victorious Carter, the Democrats sought solace, often unrealistically, in the figures. Arizona Congressman Morris "Mo" Udall, who finished second with a respectable 24%, had the best case to make. But the liberal candidates who trailed him, including Birch Bayh (16%), Fred Harris (11%) and Sargent Shriver (9%), had to be jolted by the news from New Hampshire. Their rhetoric and the realities...
...reaction back home ranged from annoyance to outrage. "If he wants to do this country a favor," Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater commented acidly, "he might stay over there." About the most gentle comment made in the wake of the trip came from an aide to President Ford. "You can't blame Nixon for hankering for some kind of resurrection," he said. Ford himself acknowledged that Richard Nixon's China trip was "probably harmful" to him in New Hampshire, and before the primary, most Administration spokesmen seemed to feel that Nixon's purpose was less to resurrect himself...
Greg Stone '78, who campaigned for Udall, the Arizona Congressman, felt that he offered the Harvard student "the most intellectual viewpoints...
...This just shows the power of money--Jackson had more in this state than any other candidate," Institute Fellow Timothy Barrows, former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona said...
...elder O'Neill said one of the major reasons for his choice for president was that after working with Udall in the House for the past 16 years, he felt the Arizona congressman "towers over the other candidates intellectually and every other...