Word: kampelman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...credentials question came up? And what would constitute a majority on the question?the 1,509 needed to nominate, or the 1,433 that represented a majority after the contested California delegates were subtracted? If McGovern won on California, he had the nomination. If he lost, Humphrey Aide Max Kampelman said hopefully, "he'll completely lose his momentum. That puts his whole count in question...
...event, all of the 3,016 delegates except those under challenge in South Carolina could vote on the question?making it much more difficult for the McGovern forces to muster the votes they needed. The majority determined by the South Carolina vote would set the rule for California. Said Kampelman: "The twilight zone is us trying to play roulette...
...A.B.M.'s Kampelman phoned back to the candidate's trailer: "They're switching their ayes to no. They don't have a majority of this convention. They're afraid...
...Later, Kampelman told TIME'S Neil MacNeil: "We were tempted to juggle the Ohio vote, but it was too risky. South Carolina felt very strongly about it. Governor West felt very strongly. We'd have risked victory on it." Interestingly, the new politicians were much more pragmatic. Although some women, including New York's Bella Abzug, objected angrily to the sacrifice of principle involved in the women's issue, McGovern's men had no qualms about taking the expedient loss. Shirley MacLaine did her best to argue that surely there was no real choice between adding a few women...
...Politicians, predictably, lined up behind Hughes, while Party Chairman Lawrence O'Brien, organized labor, conservatives and, ironically, Southerners, stood foursquare for Mrs. Harris. Hubert Humphrey, whose longtime confidant Max Kampelman is one of Mrs. Harris' law partners, hedged his bets by telling an audience before the balloting: "Whatever decision you make, I'm going to like." Edmund Muskie finally made up his mind to authorize his operatives to support Hughes -only a scant day before the voting, so that his influence was lost...