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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...
...vanquished Democrats will be heard from in the future. Many of Carter's confidants speak warmly of Frank Church as a prospective Vice President (see story, page 15). Scoop Jackson also yearns to be Veep but stands much less of a chance. Humphrey would like to succeed retiring Mike Mansfield as Senate majority leader; but Senate Whip Robert Byrd of West Virginia has campaigned tirelessly for that job and has a long lead. Udall would like to compete for the Senate in 1980. The brightest future seems to belong to Jerry Brown, whose lower-thy-expec-tations lines turn...
...voters perceived him to be an "in" member of the political establishment that he had so effectively criticized. He failed to foresee that the two late starters, Brown and Church, would appeal to voters as refreshing newcomers and underdogs. It did not help that Brown, Church and Udall?with Humphrey rooting restlessly from the sidelines?could challenge Carter one-on-one, while he was running everywhere. His opponents won the votes of people who were suspicious of his Southern origin or the depth of his commitment to liberal programs, unions and Israel...
...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...
...said for the U.S. primary system, especially if a little more system could be put into it. In 1976 it has clearly designated the Democratic nominee, Jimmy Carter. It swiftly screened out the least serious Democratic candidates (Shriver, Shapp, Harris, Bentsen). It told two aging warriors (Humphrey, Jackson) to forget about the White House. It gave some national exposure to three interesting Westerners (Brown, Udall, Church). It ended the influence of George Wallace as a national political figure. A very respectable hundred days' work...