Word: dakotas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Messianic drive to unseat Nixon, the minister's son from South Dakota faces even greater handicaps than he did in his astonishing march to the nomination. Although his party suffered no humiliation similar to the one caused by the street violence and turbulence of the 1968 Chicago convention, it emerged from Miami Beach badly split over McGovern's brand of populism and the reformist zeal of his insurgents in taking party control away from its veteran power brokers. At the same time, national approval of Richard Nixon's conduct as President is running...
...candidate had issued one vital order: the floor leaders for the fight should not all be youthful members of McGovern's own staff but battle-tested convention veterans. Among the 23 chosen were Senators Frank Church, Fred Harris, Abraham Ribicoff and Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin Governor Pat Lucey, South Dakota Lieutenant Governor William Dougherty, and Hart and Frank Mankiewicz...
...that he objects to McGovern's positions on such issues as pot, abortion and the Viet Nam War. He has also developed a distrust of the candidate that aides feel can never be dispelled. The antagonism dates back to 1962, when McGovern ran for the Senate from South Dakota. Hard-pressed for cash in a tough campaign, he asked the AFL-CIO for a $30,000 loan. The request came to Meany, who ordered: "Give him the money." With that, Meany concluded that he had another Senator who was safe for labor...
...convention, they turned up everywhere in positions of power -on the Credentials Committee, the Rules Committee, the Platform Committee. They came in all sizes, ages and accents. They ranged from Katherine Harjo, 17, a Seminole Indian from Oklahoma to Jessie Sanders, 79, a political pro from South Dakota. The convention's cochairman, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, a black running for Congress from California, wielded the gavel with muscle, tact and a winning smile. Delegates were careful to address her as "Madam Chairwoman," or, at least once, as "Madam Chairperson." Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York won a small but loyal...
...South Dakota senator will be accompanied by a small personal staff. Starting later this week, his top political advisors, financial planners, and his running mate, Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri, will come to the lodge for conferences...