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Cracker Base. The most significant contest by any measure pitted George Wallace against Albert Brewer in Alabama. That Wallace's bluntly racist comeback campaign succeeded in toppling the comparatively moderate, attractive Governor both showed the density of white resentment in the Deep South and broadcast ripples that will be felt in other states...
...narrow loss is always tough to take, but after their losing battle against George Wallace, the dejected campaigners for Alabama Governor Albert Brewer had more than ordinary cause for bitterness. "This state has not matured as much as I thought it had; we've got a hate state," complained George Bailey, one of Brewer's top aides. "This was the dirtiest campaign I've ever observed," said Brewer. "If it takes that to be Governor, then I'll pass...
...Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, splashed down second to a millionaire who was a political unknown when the campaign for the Ohio Democratic Senate nomination began. In Alabama, George Wallace earned a place in a runoff for Governor - but trailed the incumbent, his onetime protege, Albert Brewer...
...Brewer has the support of organized labor, a former Wallace bastion. He has gone out of his way to avoid antagonizing the state's crucial 300,000 black voters, and as of now he is slightly favored. Wallace dismisses his opponent as "Sissy Britches," but beneath his cocky exterior he has shown some signs of desperation. Wallaceites recently passed out phony photos showing Brewer greeting Black Muslims Muhammad AH and Elijah Muhammad. Last week Wallace erupted with the puzzling charge that his opponent had piled "evil abuse" on Wallace's dead wife, although Brewer has never mentioned...
...Governor of the big win he needs in order to retain his national clout. But nobody is counting George out yet. Much depends on whether Wallace still evokes the Populist yearnings of traditionalist Alabama. Says State Senator C.C. Torbert: "If they vote with their minds, it will be Brewer; if they vote from their hearts, it will be Wallace...