Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reagan's most active opponent so far is conservative John Connally, who makes no secret of his disdain for the Californian. Connally regards Reagan as too old to run for President again and believes he is selfishly seeking publicity only to promote the newspaper columns, radio commentaries and speaking...
The council members conclude their annual three-day convention today.
Despite all the "A.B.C." (Anybody But Carter) talk and some eleventh-hour feints by Hubert Humphrey, Carter had all but sealed his triumph by April 27, when he won Pennsylvania. Democratic power brokers like Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley, AFL-CIO President George Meany, and others who had seen...
At 48, Mondale becomes a leading candidate to succeed Carter; no fewer than 13 Vice Presidents have moved up to the White House. The title of heir presumptive is a traditional one for Vice Presidents; even Spiro Agnew in the wake of the Nixon landslide of '72 was so...
To try to overcome Carter's massive lead, Ford's strategists put together a detailed campaign plan in the weeks before the Republican Convention. The carefully crafted 120-page document advised the President to resist his natural impulse to campaign and instead to stay put in the White...