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...although many differing interpretations of the McGovern phenomenon have been advanced, the South Dakota Senator is not considered to be just another Hubert Humphrey by the left. The contrast between his positions and those of Richard Nixon is starker than in any Presidential election in recent memory. The left has been forced to take a stand on McGovern and step on to the unfamiliar terrain of a major electoral campaign...
...McGovern Day" in Boston Wednesday, and by all accounts the South Dakota Senator did quite well...
Musing on his dilemma as he flew across the darkened country on Dakota Queen II, McGovern slumped wearily in his seat and nibbled grapes from a tray of fruit. Somehow combining hope with despair, he confessed: "I don't understand the polls, but I never understood them in the primaries, either. If we can win in California and New York and then add Illinois and Ohio and some others...
RICHARD NIXON'S The Spirit of '76 is always the first plane to take off and land wherever he goes. On a crowded evening, George McGovern's Dakota Queen II may be 15th in line on the runway. When The Spirit of '76 lands, reporters hit the ground running for the U.S. Army helicopters waiting to ferry them to rallies or halls where the President is to speak. McGovern's entourage has to make do with buses and traffic jams. On one bad day recently, McGovern spent six unproductive hours on the highway. Time...
Meals on the chartered 727 Dakota Queen II are served without lettuce; McGovern supports the lettuce boycott. Sometimes the schedule is hectic. The candidate himself is often overlooked. Reporters complain that they have not enough time to file their stories. Aboard the Dakota Queen II there is greater informality, and each day has a quality of surprise that is not evident on the Nixon tour...