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...history of the Republic," he said, to laughter. Actually, not all the candidates from Congress were present, but the President could scarcely avoid the eyes of two of his likely challengers in November. There, seated side by side and within a few yards of him, were Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie-and the arrangement was not by accident. "C'mon Ed, let's sit down together, and let him look at us together," Humphrey had said to Muskie as the session began...
...towering minds in every field. There could be examination on film and in text of selected problems, right down to examples: a real small town, for instance, that could be rehabilitated under Hubert Humphrey's rural-redevelopment plans; an actual river that could be cleaned up according to Edmund Muskie's decrees in his long fight to conquer water pollution...
Foul Ball. Though the Democratic field is crowded, Yorty stands out clearly in the paper's coverage. His announcement of plans to visit the state rated a three-column headline on Page One, while Edmund Muskie's formal declaration of candidacy was reported on page 12. A note from Chiang Kai-shek to Yorty, acknowledging the mayor's birthday greetings to the generalissimo, got front-page play. Unfavored candidates get heavy coverage in unfavorable situations. When Muskie was noncommittal about Gay Liberation, the Union Leader was there to point out on Page One that...
...Pomeroy team was less excited as the four sat in McDonald's contemplating their Big Macs. Sally Surgoner, the captain, was bitter over advice she had received during a call from Sen. Edmund Muskie, who is rumored to be seeking Nixon...
Where, then, does this leave the Democrats? The candidates break down into three groups. The candidates on the right--Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, Senator Henry Jackson and George Wallace--appear to have little chance of winning in the Democratic Party. In the middle are Edmund Muskie and (ever so slightly to his right) Hubert Humphrey. To their left are John Lindsay, Gene McCarthy, George McGovern and Shirley Chisholm...