Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the moment Lyndon Johnson dropped out of the presidential race, there was little doubt that Hubert Humphrey would claim the right of succession. Last week the Vice President with held his formal declaration for tactical reasons, but made clear to the nation that he was not only a candidate for the Democratic nomination, but also a most formidable...
...making it a three-way contest with Senators Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, Humphrey began to emerge from the shadows of three years of veepship, during which many had dismissed him as an overly obsequious vice regent. "I will do everything I can for the cause of peace in the world," he told a wildly enthusiastic audience of A.F.L.-C.I.O. leaders in Baton Rouge, La. "I will do everything I can to keep social progress moving forward in America. And I ask your help, and the help of all Americans, in doing this." Responded Victor Bussie, the Louisiana A.F.L.-C.I.O...
Three-D Litany. It was the old Humphrey and a revivified politician on the march, offering his traditional recipe of pugnacity and eloquence. At Wake Forest University in North Carolina, he spoke on race: "Let us now join hearts and hands-black and white, brown and yellow, adult and child, in the single cause of America." He demanded a "moratorium on the vocabulary of violence." On Viet Nam: "The struggle for peace is not for the weak, the cowardly or the timid. It is for the brave and courageous." On the Administration's critics: "Deception, doubt and despair-that...
...Humphrey, of course, faces obvious handicaps. He is starting late. He has neither the aura of freshness nor the vocal young following that energize the Kennedy and McCarthy campaigns. He must get good marks in opinion polls. He must defend an incumbent Administration's record with little of the leverage and perquisites that an incumbent President automatically enjoys. And, while capitalizing on the Administration's accomplishments, he must overcome the me-too image if he is to attract some of the disenchanted. Further, Humphrey will be a prisoner of events during the coming months. There are primary elections...
Impressively Broad. His most immediate challenge is to slow his rivals, and the Humphrey camp seemed to be succeeding. Last week his backers announced formation of United Democrats for Humphrey. The sponsors included an impressively broad geographic and factional cross section of party leaders and allies-broader than any that either Kennedy or McCarthy has been able to construct...