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...panels, to be chaired by party leaders and aspiring presidential candidates like Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) and Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.), will cover topics such as the economy and natural resources...
...Republican counterpart, could help achieve his expressed desire to Win against inflation by withdrawing from the race as well--in fact, he could go Jackson one better, by resigning right now. Of course, even if all the rest of the politicians with pretensions to the presidency, from Lloyd Bentsen to Morris Udall, went along with Mondale and Edward Kennedy and withdraw, it wouldn't solve this country's problems, or provide it with responsible leadership. But it would be a step in the right direction...
...election results vastly unproved the Democrats' position in the race for the White House in 1976. In particular, the victories enhanced the potential presidential candidacies of three Senators who campaigned widely for the party: Mondale, Lloyd M. Bentsen of Texas and Henry M. Jackson of Washington. Others from Congress who will be looked on as possibilities include Representative Morris K. Udall of Arizona, Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana and Senators-elect John Glenn of Ohio and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas. Several present and newly elected Governors will also be talked about as potential candidates, among them Brown, Carey, Daniel Walker...
September 23: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 promises not to run for president in 1976. That leaves the Democrats with Jackson, Bentsen, Mondale, Muskie, McGovern. And of course Humphrey...
Whether or not the ex-President also becomes a defendant in that case remains a haunting problem for the nation as well as Nixon. Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen put the Hobson's choice well. "The possibility of a President-a former President-behind bars is personally repugnant to me," he said. "But I'm also caught with the proposition that no man should be above the law." Furthermore, letting the former President go free while his top aides went to jail would seem unjust...