Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Morrow traveled to Chicago to cover the Democratic Convention. Stepping out of the Hilton Hotel into the battle between police and demonstrators on Michigan Avenue, he was charged by a Chicago cop with billy club raised. "He was about to go for my skull," Morrow says. "I held up my...
The bitterness of the Democratic establishment toward Hart is palpable. Party Chairman Paul Kirk publicly affirmed that Hart was acting selfishly and said, "Donna Rice is going to be relevant." Charles Whitehead, the Florida chairman, snapped, "If he is a candidate, I am going to Europe during the convention." Democratic...
Like shipwrecked sailors on an isolated atoll, nervous Democrats have been constantly scanning the horizon for signs that they may yet be saved from having to nominate any of the existing contenders. Needless to say, Hart up to now has not figured prominently in these rescue scenarios. But Robert Squier...
A brokered convention, with party leaders wheeling and dealing through multiple ballots, may be the modern political equivalent of the unicorn: long sought but never actually sighted. A more plausible, though still unlikely scenario is for a period of confusion and bartering that begins midway through the primary season, when...
Gary Hart has become the Democratic version of Richard Nixon: a political leader of vast talents and conspicuous flaws, a man who seems to draw strength from his own humiliation, and a natural loner in a profession that places a premium on warmth. Like Nixon, he is a fascinating touchstone...