Word: hubertism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Leeway. The Democrats will doubtless try to sharpen the contrast. Both Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy professed satisfaction at the prospect of running against a Nixon-Agnew ticket, although Humphrey had more reason to be happy. Had the Republicans picked Nelson Rockefeller, the temptation for the Democrats to desert their front runner would have been greater...
...Hubert Humphrey has seldom doubted that the Republicans would nominate Richard Nixon. But he could hardly conceal his elation when Nixon won, and then chose Spiro Agnew as a running mate. More confident than ever of his party's nomination, Humphrey felt more at leisure to consider his choice for the No. 2 spot...
Since Robert Kennedy's death, McGovern, 46, has been an unofficial rallying point for disenchanted R.F.K. forces who are unwilling to accept either Hubert Humphrey or Eugene McCarthy. Last week, just 16 days before the opening of the Democratic Convention, McGovern made it official. In the Senate Caucus Room where both McCarthy and Robert Kennedy had announced their candidacies, McGovern declared himself in the running...
There are, after all, relatively few steps that need be taken to lower the level of violence in Viet Nam, however difficult each may prove to be in practice. Speaking not as a candidate for President, Hubert Humphrey has called for an immediate cease-fire in Viet Nam. A good many Viet Nam experts question whether a cease-fire ought to be the first step in reducing hostilities since, like the oft-violated Jet truces, it would provide no assurance against local violence or massive Communist resupply and buildup in contested areas. Some allied military men nonetheless favor the idea...
...died every day, and their plight reached even into the U.S. presidential campaign. Senator Eugene McCarthy charged that the Administration had contented itself with "vain and futile gestures" in the Nigerian crisis and called on President Johnson to ask the United Nations for a "mandatory relief airlift of mercy." Hubert Humphrey said the U.S. should support any U.N. effort to move in supplies...