Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Without much of a state organization, Humphrey is campaigning hard and reminding the party how much he has done for it in the past. Jackson is confining his campaign to areas where he is likely to do best; the trouble is, those are the areas where Wallace is strong. As for Wallace, he has no fixed plan. He simply invites the folks who love him best to come out and vote for him. No doubt they will, but Muskie or Humphrey may sneak by George...
...this primary rolls around, some candidates are likely to have left the race. It will probably be hotly contested, nevertheless, because the winner takes all its 271 delegates-the juiciest plum along the campaign trail. So far, Muskie holds the lead. The latest field poll shows him ahead of Humphrey, with 28% to 23% of the vote. Lindsay and McCarthy are each given 9%. McGovern trails with 7%. Only Muskie and McGovern have as yet been doing any serious campaigning in California. Still, in a state that appreciates a dazzling personal campaign style, Lindsay has a chance to score...
Muskie has won the endorsement of the great majority of county leaders and other key political figures. His liberalism helps him in New York City, while his New England image wins friends upstate. Humphrey, if properly fortified by earlier primary victories, could give him trouble. Jackson has some strength upstate and Chisholm among blacks in the cities. But here, again, Muskie looks like the winner...
...HUBERT HUMPHREY. He is a little slimmer than before, a bit more modishly dressed, and he is trying to shorten his speeches. But basically he is campaigning as he always has-ebulliently, unbowed, as if the heartaches and setbacks of recent years had never occurred. He is reminding the party how much it owes to him -and many of the voters, especially older people, union members and blacks, gladly acknowledge the debt. For Humphrey, it is do or die, a last hurrah at 60 or a gratifying comeback. His organizations in most of the primary states are not very extensive...
...convention opened under a cloud. Undeterred, Muskie and Lindsay supporters, backed by most of the uncommitted delegates representing Hubert Humphrey, labor and blacks, lined up for the rule change. McGovern supporters stood by the stipulated reform procedures...