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...tight party organization has borne some fruit: Beame went into the election with the backing of Badillo, and Percy Sutton, the black bourough President of Manhattan, preserving at least the appearance of racial harmony. Both are mayoral contenders, and don't want to alienate party leaders and followers...
...political organization's view of the electorate. He is conservative and frugal, hopefully competent and hard-working. This is the view that convinced McGovern that he had to turn to the right in the midst of his 1972 campaign, and this is the view that induced Herman Badillo to make a television commercial in the middle of his run-off battle with Beame showing him proudly parading in front of his expensive home in Riverdale (an exclusive section of the Bronx), trying to convince Jewish voters in Brooklyn that he was a middle class as they...
...Nardelli had 50 pullers in the projects working to drag out the reluctant voters. Utilizing his election district captains, number runners, high school kids and gyps cap drivers, Nardelli managed to produce a 40 per cent turnout in his area with 92 per cent of that vote going to Badillo. No district leader in the city did that well...
After it was clear that Badillo had lost, Nardelli sat in the backroom of his club with the captains discussing what they should do next. Nardelli quickly convinced them that they had to support Beame...
...Gentlemen, I know how disappointed you all are that Badillo didn't win, but there's nothing we can do now. If we want to salvage something out of this campaign we've got to go with Beame quickly. If we become his strongest East Harlem club, maybe we" get some of the patronage because he's going to be the next moyoral...