Word: longshots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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McCarthy has a longshot chance to deny Johnson the renomination of the Democratic Party. In addition, a good showing by McCarthy may convince Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats in private disagreement with the President that an alternative to Johnson does exist. It may cause President Johnson to moderate his Vietnam policies. It may convince the Republicans that by nominating a dove they will attract a large and well-organized number of Democrats. Finally, the campaign promises to have a good effect on the country by bringing back into the political system those persons whose frustrations...
...really no better off than we were before the Princeton game [which Harvard won on Saturday, 4-2, in overtime]," Munro said. "We're still a longshot for the title, and after Brown, could be a longer shot...
...only meaningful justification for McCarthy's campaign is the longshot chance that he can deny Johnson the nomination. Other possibilities have been mentioned. A successful primary bid might make the Party's war platform more dovish. But President Johnson has ignored the platform before; he can certainly do so again. A large vote for McCarthy might influence Republicans to nominate a dove. But Republican nominating conventions have shown no great disposition for bringing political realities into their decisions in the past. There is no reason to think they will...
...policy maker or suggestor of policy. His dispassionate attitude toward what might conservatively be called the most dangerous world crisis in the last 25 years gives the feeling that Vietnam is, first of all, another fascinating case study, a testing ground for theory. "It's not hopeless by a longshot," Huntington remarks. "It's not too good, but it's not too bad. What we need is an awful lot of patience...
...Belmont Finish 1. Damascus 2. Cool Reception (longshot special) 3. Proud Clarion 4. Reason to Hail 5. Gaylord's Feather 6. Blasting Charge 7. Proviso 8. Nehoc's Bullet 9. Solar Bomb