Word: hugheses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like Colorado this state has become a model for a liberal take-over. In February, 1968 a struggling band of peaceniks started a McCarthy organization. It dug in at the grassroots and came up with this traditional Republican state's first viable Democratic political organization by July. It is liberal...
New Coalition. The McCarthyites who have switched colors and lined up behind H.H.H. are more frequently the political pros who value party allegiance. Some are in races in which party unity is important. Thus Oregon's Wayne Morse has solidly endorsed Humphrey. Iowa's Governor Harold Hughes, who...
Others on Humphrey's short list: Maine Senator Edmund Muskie; Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver, a Kennedy brother-in-law; New Jersey's Governor Richard Hughes; Oklahoma's Senator Fred Harris; San Francisco's Mayor Joseph Alioto.
McCarthy's final round of campaigning was his most successful yet. Iowa's Governor Harold Hughes withdrew his favorite-son candidacy and seemed on the brink of endorsing McCarthy. California Democratic Boss Jesse Unruh, whose delegation owns 174 votes, appeared likely to back him. Unruh hopes to run...
Little Logic. George McGovern, by contrast, had inevitable difficulty in rousing a constituency. He blitzed New York City on radio and TV interviews, toured slums and allowed: "I regret not having started much earlier." His late candidacy aroused suspicions, especially in the McCarthy camp, that McGovern had actually entered the...