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While publicly ordering Carter delegates in California to stay with the President on the rules issue, State Treasurer Jesse Unruh, leader of the Carter forces in his state, privately urged the President's men not to insist on the binding rule. Former California Senator John Tunney, a Kennedy backer, charged that "party politicians in Washington don't sense the incredible subsurface tremors abroad in the country. They don't know how weakened Carter is." Claimed Pollster Mervin Field: "If Carter doesn't open the convention, the nomination will be all but worthless. It will only exacerbate...
...President is not his brother's keeper." But Koch, a Carter backer, went on to say that "the Billy Carter scandal is a serious matter and will have an adverse impact on President Carter's chances for re-election." Said Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso: "I would have spanked Brother Billy a long time...
...number of nationally known liberals, met to talk about ways of throwing open the convention so that it could nominate someone other than Carter or Senator Edward Kennedy. The organizers of the meeting included Thomas Downey of New York, a Carter supporter, and Toby Moffett of Connecticut, a Kennedy backer. Among those who attended were Don Edwards of California, Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and three leading black Representatives: Shirley Chisholm of New York, John Conyers of Michigan and Ronald Dellums of California...
...most often mentioned alternatives to Carter and Kennedy were Vice President Walter Mondale and Secretary of State Edmund Muskie. One Senator, a well-known backer of Carter, reported "a movement building for Fritz Mondale in the Senate." There was also some talk of drafting Washington Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson to give the ticket conservative balance. Of the choices, Muskie might be the most attractive because he has broad appeal and would not have to support the Carter Administration on the campaign trail-an unenviable problem that would confront Mondale...
...first test of Carter's support after the Iranian debacle came in the Michigan caucuses, where Ted Kennedy edged Carter by 71 delegates to 70. Said Sam Fishman, a political organizer for the United Auto Workers and a Kennedy backer: "If the rescue effort had been successful, Carter would have won by a fairly substantial margin. But it didn't work, and that had to have some negative impact...