Word: callaway
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...volatile is the political situation that Maddox, the Democratic candidate whom Republicans calculated would be easiest to defeat is now far ahead. The old-line segregationists who were talking up Callaway during the summer are now deserting the Republican camp for Maddox, who gained fame several years ago when he sold axe-handle "drumsticks" to beat Negroes away from his segregated Pickrick Restaurant...
...other candidates directed their attacks at Arnall, the frontrunner, while Arnall carefully concentrated his campaigning on Callaway to avoid alienating the other Democratic candidates' supporters. At worst, Arnall strategists expected only to be forced into a runoff before winning decisively...
Confronted by the runoff, Arnall told his top lieutenants that he had to save money for the fight against Callaway, rather than spend lavishly to beat Maddox, His consequent failure to provide funds for the transportation of Negro voters was partly responsible for the disappointing Negro turnout...
Georgia's lack of party registration and the absence of a Republican primary hurt Arnall the most. With Callaway unopposed, some 75,000 to 100,000 Republicans were able to vote in the Democratic primary for the supposedly weaker candidate, Maddox...
What the Republicans did not count on was the switch to Maddox of segregationists who supported Callaway this summer when everyone thought Arnall would be an easy victor in the Democratic race. The great irony of the whole campaign is that the Republicans painted themselves into a corner...