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...final three primaries last Tuesday, pushing his total then to 1,250. He was clobbered, as expected, by Governor Jerry Brown in California. In a remarkable last-ditch effort by the anyone-but-Carter forces, he was upset in New Jersey by an uncommitted slate pledged to Brown and Hubert Humphrey (Who could resist the offer of two candidates for one vote?). But Carter won big where it counted most?in Ohio, the nation's sixth largest state. Competing against both Udall and Church, Carter carried 52% of the vote, which was twelve points higher than his most optimistic forecasts...
...Only Hubert Humphrey could hope to stall the stampede to Carter. But just before an 8 a.m. speech on Wednesday, Humphrey made clear to reporters that he would be a nogo. Said he: "I've never been a spoiler in my life." Still, he was urged to hold out by the two leaders of the latest Humphrey-for-President movement, Erie County (Buffalo) Democratic Chief Joseph Crangle and Illinois Congressman Paul Simon. At 1:30 p.m., Humphrey showed them a withdrawal statement. Crangle and Simon asked him to tone it down, to keep the door open a crack...
...going to respond to him has been of concern for Carter campaign strategists. They are troubled by the specter of 1972, when Jews-like other traditional Democrats-deserted Democratic Presidential Nominee George McGovern in droves. Instead of polling over 80% of the Jewish vote, as John Kennedy (1960) and Hubert Humphrey (1968) did, and 90%, as Lyndon Johnson (1964) did, McGovern cornered only around...
...HUBERT H.HUMPHREY
Jackson's decision is based on his judgment that Carter would make a stronger Democratic nominee and President than Senator Hubert Humphrey. Only a few months ago Jackson had hard feelings about Carter, but after several personal talks with the Georgian, his attitude has softened. In addition to accepting the inevitability of Carter's nomination, Jackson has come to respect his skills. At the same time, he remains bitter that Humphrey kept insinuating himself into the primaries...