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...Shirley Chisholm of New York, the nation's first black Congresswoman, has announced that she will enter at least four or five of this year's Presidential primaries herself. And a made-for-TV movie, "The Man," to be screened later this season, starts with the premise of a black man as President...
...particularly damaging to Jackson's presidential hopes. Jackson has pinned much on a good showing in Florida, and must carry the northern districts to prove the appeal of his conservative campaign. Jackson and Wallace will fight it out in the north, while liberals Muskie, Humphrey, McGovern, Lindsay and Chisholm concentrate on the southern vote...
Every candidate and potential candidate has been invited to address the Caucus, but so far none has accepted. However, former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy (D-Minn.) and Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D.N.Y.) are urging their supporters to attend. McCarthy has announced that he will be bound by the decision of the caucus and will enter the Massachusetts primary only if he is their choice...
...political iconoclasm. No "image-maker" can make much of what serious presidential timber we have left. McGovern, who is the nicest of the bunch, and Lindsay, who is the handsomest, have little fire to offer compared to the heat generated by either the Kennedy or the McCarthy campaign. Shirley Chisholm, whose personality is far more electrifying than any other candidate's, is unlikely to get the kind of money or delegate support needed to be elected president. Not only do Democratic Party leaders doubt the political viability of a black national candidate, Ms. Chisholm must face the overt anti-feminism...
...counter any shenanigans of the Republicans, may I suggest a ticket of Muskie and the well-qualified Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn...