Word: dakotan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heavy Wallace country; Southwest Texas is a land of rugged individualists who tend to vote very conservatively. Much of the vote in these areas will probably go to Nixon. South Texas, however, has a large Mexican-American population. Although LaRaza Unida Party has not endorsed McGovern, the South Dakotan can still count on carrying the Rio Grande Valley counties: LaRaza does not yet control a large enough portion of the votes. "What LaRaza does is it cuts down on that enthusiasm," Farenthold said recently. "The key would be for Ted Kennedy to come down...
...student who unsuccessfully tried to organize a fundraiser for Senator George McGovern (D.S.D.) in Harvard Stadium this summer said yesterday that the South Dakotan would not appear on campus when he is in Boston on Wednesday...
Apparently ignoring warnings that McGovern is in trouble in Massachusetts, even in the liberal Fourth Congressional District, Drinan is making a great deal out of his early and vocal support for the South Dakotan's Presidential campaign. Campaign literatures showing the two together, and discussing Drinan's role as head of the McGovern slate of delegates in the Massachusetts's primary and later as Chairperson of the solidly pro McGovern delegation at the convention is omnipresent throughout Drinan's headquarters...
...Your article on George McGovern had an overall tone of "Who does he think he is?" Are Americans so obsessed with maintaining material wealth and so fearful of changing social attitudes that they are afraid of this mild South Dakotan? My guess is that we are ready for a change. Wallace supporters would agree that Government needs a "shakeup" and needs to be made more responsive to the average citizen. We need a new new deal...
...delivered an airport speech, a wan version of his old campaign rousers. Then he flew on to Miami. All the while, a stop-McGovern coalition led by Arkansas' Wilbur Mills continued its last-minute efforts. A small Washington group of strategists bent on heading off the South Dakotan included Humphrey Aide Stan Bregman, Muskie's Berl Bernhard, Wallace's Billy Joe Camp and the AFL-Clo's Al Barkan...