Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CHICAGO--More than 2400 student delegates--representing 48 states-- arrived here yesterday to build a national youth caucus to maximize their power at the 1972 party conventions...
Presently McCarthy is organizing non-primary states to influence the delegates in the state conventions. He had announced that his strategy in the '72 presidential campaign will be to form a liberal caucus in several of the major primary states to select a liberal candidate to run in that state: "I would like to stay away from 'head on' contests in the primaries. No one is a strong candidate now. If Lindsay is strong in Oregon, he should run there. If I have a better chance then I will run. If we both run and take 55 percent...
...McCarthy would pale next to his '68 political coup. But all the liberal candidates will face this problem in the major primary states. Perhaps it is this realization which encouraged both McCarthy and McGovern (who has 4 per cent national support in the polls) to talk about a liberal caucus...
...possibilities of forming a liberal caucus seem to be slight, as part experience has shown. In the '68 race Robert Kennedy and McCarthy both at first claimed that they would not work against each other in the primaries, since they both supported a similar cause; RFK was even generous enough to support McCarthy in the Massachusetts Primary when he was too late to sign up for himself. However, in California when McCarthy and Kennedy ran against each other a bitter personal battle ensued, so bitter that after Kennedy's assassination most of his campaign workers chose to work for McGovern...
...presidential drive is still uncertain. By this time in '68 he had already announced his candidacy in the New Hampshire primary. His success and influence will depend on his ability to overcome the disllusionment of '68 and to once again gather liberal support. His dream of a liberal caucus seems doubtful since individual aspirations are likely to disrupt a conciliation on issues...