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Rumors that Nixon was going to pick a liberal as a running mate were everywhere. When a Miami paper printed a front-page story that it would be Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield, Rockefeller's and Reagan's men distributed 3,000 copies on the convention floor to make sure that no one missed the point. Thurmond and company denied the report, but the most effective disclaimer came from Nixon in private meetings with Southerners. "I won't do anything that would hurt development of the two-party system in the South," Nixon told them. "I won't take anybody that...
...scores of names was gradually shortened. New York Mayor John Lindsay, probably the most discussed possibility up to that point, was dismissed early as too unpopular among conservatives. John Gardner was briefly mentioned, soon dropped. Among others considered were Reagan and Tower, both of whom would have antagonized liberals. Hatfield, Romney and Keynoter Dan Evans were mentioned, then Tennessee Senator Howard Baker...
...growing phalanx of Republicans bears the New Breed label. Some are more conservative than others, but all are reaching for answers to the questions that many Republicans of an older generation were all too willing to ignore. In the Senate, there are Oregon's Mark Hatfield, Illinois' Chuck Percy, Massachusetts' Ed Brooke; in the House, Illinois' Donald Rumsfeld and Texas' George Bush. The statehouses provide the largest contingent, for it is the Governors who most directly confront the nagging problems of urban America. There are New York's Rockefeller, Massachusetts' John Volpe, Pennsylvania's Ray Shafer, Rhode Island's John...
...Maryland governor had not been mentioned as a contender by any of the news media. The New York Times this morning devoted the second deck of an eight-column headline to the improving chances of Lindsay. Others considered likely by those who didn't know were Sen. Mark Hatfield (Ore.) and Sen. Charles Percy...
...place he did make something of a deal--was that in order to hold Southern votes in line last night against Reagan inroads, he had apparently promised a lot of delegates he would not choose a vice-presidential candidate objectionable to any part of the country. Lindsay and Hatfield were objectionable to the South. Among those acceptable to the South. Agnew had done the most for the Nixon cause...