Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That wasn't the end of the humiliation. The most embarassing moment for me came when I tried to make an appointment with Elizabeth Holtzman, a representative from New York and a Harvard overseer. I called her office from a pay phone in the Statler. An appointments secretary asked me...
Like Conyers, I came to the ADA meeting in search of liberals, wondering about their demise, and trying to pin down a thesis that they were the big losers at Convention '76. And as with Conyers, it didn't take me long to realize that the liberals were indeed on...
"How many delegates are here?" the banlon-shirted Conyers asked as he walked into the fairly crowded ADA suite. After a second of counting, a surprised Conyers exclaimed, "Only three delegates in the whole goddamned hall." It's true, the ADA, institutionalized liberalism at its best, had attracted only three...
Russell Hay, a Carter delegate from Pennsylvania relaxed with a drink in hand at the ADA's fund-raiser. He was tired, but more than willing to talk about the process of liberal accommodation, and the small role that liberals apparently played at the convention. "Those big liberal issues are...
Part of the reason why I sense that the Carter support seemed weak was the lack of a turnout on the early nights of the convention. On Tuesday night the platform readings clashed head-on with the All-Star Game in nearby Philadelphia, and the game won handsdown. In at...