Word: hubert
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Several years ago, the Seattle Times published a picture of Senator Hubert Humphrey with his mouth closed. I haven't seen it since and presumed it was a collector's item. Its value has been eroded by your March 1 and 15 issues...
Only five weeks into the primaries, Gerald Ford has already decided that the once-crowded Democratic field really shapes up as a two-man race. He expects the nominee to be Hubert Humphrey if the convention becomes deadlocked. But increasingly, he and his aides are paying attention to Jimmy Carter as a possible adversary in November, particularly if he can sprint far enough ahead of the Democratic pack in the primary tests ahead...
...Georgian's staff, meanwhile, dismisses Humphrey by claiming that it is Jimmy, not Hubert, who has updated the old Roosevelt coalition with an unbeatable combination of blacks, blue-collar "ethnics," white-collar suburbanites, liberals and conservatives. Boasts Carter of his appeal: "It is just like Bobby Kennedy's." But Carter has not yet demonstrated that he can win in a northern industrial state against his major rivals, Jackson and Udall. His chance comes next week in Wisconsin and New York. The situation in both states was fluid, but the races shaped up last week as follows...
...Atlanta-based Voter Education Project, believes that "Carter's support in the black community is relatively soft and shifting. It's more of a vote against Wallace than it is a vote for Carter." Many black politicians, like their white counterparts, are convinced that either Hubert Humphrey or Ted Kennedy would win over Carter's black support should either enter the race...
With the intellectual force of their ideas and their skill in publicizing them, Democratic liberals have in the past dominated the party. But they have often been overzealous and self-destructive. The liberals tore Hubert Humphrey apart in 1968 because of his prolonged support of the Viet Nam War and largely caused his defeat. Their single-minded ferocity inspired George McGovern's disastrous 1972 campaign and split the party. Who are the liberals today? Which candidate do they support in 1976? What is their influence? TIME National Political Correspondent Robert Ajemian surveyed the field and reports...