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Second, the returns just posted came from precincts in Newton and Brookline -- Drinan's two major strongholds. In 1970, when Drinan, a 51-year-old Roman Catholic priest, upset 28-year-incumbent Philip Philbin, a conservative Democrat, and Republican John McGlennon, one out of every five Newton voters was listed as a Drinan volunteer. Brookline, Linsky's home town, is composed predominantly of wealthy liberals who were attracted by Drinan's strong anti-Vietnam, pro-Israel stands. In the October 30 poll published by the Globe, Drinan led Linsky in Brookline by more than ten points. The returns from these...
...pace began to pick up at Drinan headquarters. The results from Waltham, which Linsky had hoped to take, showed Drinan winning by 2000 votes. Immediately after the Waltham returns were posted, McGovern launched into his concession speech and everyone turned toward the television sets. The crowd remained quiet until McGovern said. "We do not rally to the support of policies that we deplore, but we do love this country and we will continue to beckon it to a higher standard." Everyone cheered. As soon as McGovern finished speaking, Drinan emerged from seclusion, strode to the front of the Tiara Room...
...Drinan began by thanking the voters for giving him "an over-whelming mandate." Nobody caught the joke, including the press which interpreted the remark as a victory statement. Drinan then lauded Massachusetts as "the peace state" which delivered "its mandate to George McGovern." He concluded his talk by saying "Come hell or high water, we'll obtain our objective, that supreme objective of everyone here and everyone in the country: peace in this world." The cheers were lusty, but there was none of the bedlam which had broken out in Drinan's headquarters on election night two years ago. Drinan...
Between midnight and 2 a.m., the returns from the western cities and towns began to come in. The results showed Drinan not only holding his own but winning in the west's three major cities--Leominster. Fitchburg, and Framingham At 2:30 a.m., a weary Linsky told his followers. "We're pretty near the point where you all should go home but I'm not yet ready to throw to the fowel" Thirty minutes later he telephoned Drian and conceded...
...Drinan who is one of the few people able to practice the New Politics successfully, ran an effective campaign, especially in the western cities which had been plagued by high unemployment rules. He was Framingham by 600 votes, Leominster by 1900 votes, and Fitchburg by more than 3000 votes. These three cities, along with Waltham, Newton and Brookline, provided Drinan with his 8000-vote margin of victory. Drinan, by once again attracting an army of volunteers, by making himself highly visible in the west, especially Fitchburg where he set up one of his campaign headquarters; and by employing...