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Although Myers secured the Democratic nomination in the April primary with 26 per cent of the vote in a 19-man race, Philadelphia's Democratic establishment has deserted Myers since his conviction and subsequent expulsion. Mayor William J. Green, announcing his decision to endorse independent candidate Thomas Foglietta, said, "When the Democratic ticket is crooked, the straight lever is not the answer...
David Glancey, chairman of Philadelphia's Democratic City Committee, observes that Myers has retained pockets of strength in the over-whelmingly working-class First District. But Glancey also is offering his support to Foglietta. He gives the ex-longshoreman with a tenth-grade education--who prefers to be called by his nickname, "Ozzie"--almost no chance of victory. "Sure, there's some feeling that "he's one of our own and we don't care what he did," Glancey says. "Maybe he'll get that kind of vote...
Although a former Republican running as an independent, lawyer Foglietta has switched his registration to Democratic and apparently successfully outflanked Republican candidate Robert Burke. Robert Barnett, campaign manager for Foglietta, says that his candidate's 20 years as a city councilman, coupled with surveys showing that 70 per cent of the electorate identifies Myers with Abscam, should overcome voter tendency to pick the straight Democratic ticket. "We're counting on them to exhibit one more level of sophistication," he says, citing polls that give Foglietta 47 per cent of the vote and Myers 19 per cent...
...Barnett and Foglietta are taking no chances. Campaign commercials open with a newspaper clipping of Myers' explusion, then switch to a picture of a ballot. The camera moves down the Democratic ticket, then pans to the right and Foglietta's spot on the independent column--"just to make sure people know," Barnett says...