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Thus, as it caromed out of the long and expensive primary spring, the slightly dazed Democratic Party found itself confronting something close to a fait accompli. Hubert Humphrey, far behind with 324½ delegates, vowed to fight on, in fading hopes that the convention arithmetic might still be changed. Maine's Edmund Muskie, an inactive candidate, late last week declined to take himself out of the race and free his 172 delegates...
Desptle his high delegate count, McGovern's performance to date is not entirely persuasive proof that his is the future's voice. Hubert Humphrey still leads McGovern in total popular votes cast during Ihe primaries-4,051,340 to 3,950,394. McGovern lost in New Hampshire, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and Michigan. Until last week, he had won preference ballots in Nebraska, Massachusetls, Wisconsin, Oregon and Rhode Island. The most important of these states, Wisconsin, gave McGovern only 29.5%, while Wallace gol 22% and Humphrey 20.7%. McGovern simply seemed a startling viclor because he had started...
...high-income individuals and corporations to pay substantially greater taxes no matter how many avoidance schemes they might legally devise. The reformers' movement has centered on a bill drafted by Wisconsin's Gaylord Nelson and cosponsored by eleven other Democratic Senators, including Presidential Hopefuls George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey. On his own, as part of a massive plan to distribute more of the nation's wealth to those with incomes of less than $12,000 annually, McGovern has proposed reforms that would sock it even harder to high earners. Humphrey has optimistically promised to come up with...
There is little hostility to the Humphrey campaign. Occasionally a jovial supporter will cry out "Give 'em hell, Hubert!" particularly when Humphrey compares himself with Harry Truman. Sometimes a few young people show up at Humphrey rallies carrying McGovern banners. They usually kibitz, with shouts of "What about the war, Humphrey?" But Humphrey has a thick skin. Always the tireless campaigner, he usually tries to pump every hand in sight. At a Chicano rally in East Los Angeles, he vigorously attempted to shake hands with members of the band -while they were still in the process of playing...
Crowds at most Humphrey rallies have been sparse, usually a mixture of labor union members, blacks, Mexican-Americans and the elderly. They respond to Hubert with warmth and affection, but there is a woeful absence of the fiery spontaneity that greets a Wallace or a Kennedy or even, sometimes, a McGovern. An integral fixture of the national Humphrey campaign has been the potbellied union leaders who could double as precinct bosses. Their rye-and-gravel voices and center-city accents prompted some newsmen following Humphrey to invent a mythical character named Augie. Introducing Humphrey to union crowds, California Labor Chieftain...