Word: cavanagh
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nomination, faces strong opposition from Michigan's union leaders, who regard his law as antiunion. His probable Democratic opponent: ex-Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams or Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh...
Only if Williams does not run for Governor will Cavanagh have an open avenue. But in the middle of the avenue will be standing lion-like George Romney, his graying temples glinting in the sunlight. Romney will be a tough opponent, but not as unbeatable as metaphor and newsmagazine suggest...
That is where Mayor Cavanagh comes in. If Williams has the affection of the Michigan Democratic rank and file, Cavanagh probably has more strength with the weakly motivated center of the electorate. A disproportionate number of such voters are young, and for them the 37-year-old Cavanagh has great appeal. They associate him with his record as mayor, while they tend to identify Williams with the 1958 recession and the hatchet job he took from the Republican legislature and newspapers...
...Cavanagh is to get through to these weakly affiliated voters, he must convince them that he can do what Romney has been largely unsuccessful at: breaking the deadlocks that have tied up Michigan politics since the 1940's. Michigan governors, for example, have been talking about reforming the state's regressive tax structure for eight years...
...Cavanagh has the advantage of being a member of the majority party and, at the same time, a non-partisan official free from association with those who have been mired in partisan conflict for years. He also has the advantage of having one of the most astute political brains around; if he decides to run, his decision will be sign enough that he has a solid chance...