Word: lucey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lucey stepped down as the governor of Wisconsin to serve as President Carter's ambassador to Mexico. Though he was initially criticized for not spending enough time meeting with American businessmen there ("I didn't throw too many cocktail parties for corporate representatives." Lucey explains), he was successful in negotiating an important natural gas agreement with the Mexican government...
Having fulfilled what he saw as his "specific task." Lucey stepped down as ambassador, and soon signed up as a key strategist in Kennedy's presidential campaign. "My resignation came coincidentally at the time Ted was ready to launch his bid," he says. "Given that alternative, it wasn't difficult to see what I wanted to do next...
...Lucey says it was difficult for Kennedy "to get a fair hearing from the press during the hostage crisis. Jimmy was staying in the Rose Garden and looking very Presidential," he adds. After Kennedy's concession on the eve of the Democratic Convention. Lucey walked out of the forum, to avoid feeling committed to support the Democratic nominee...
When he got back to his home in Wisconsin, Lucey says, there were messages all over to call John Anderson. Soon afterwards he accepted a slot on the National Unity Party's ticket. The ten weeks on the campaign trail for Anderson were "an invigorating experience," he says. "I never campaigned harder in my life, though I knew there was no uncertainty about the outcome...
...despite his "bolt" from the Democratic Party in 1980. Lucey says that this time he's sticking with the party "all the way." "There's not the same crying need for a third alternative this year," he says. And although he maintains that third parties are "an escape valve that ought to be readily available." Lucey says he's tried to persuade Anderson not to make a second effort...