Word: maryland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pinnacle of 84 years, Alice Roosevelt Longworth pronounced it "soporific"), there was a good deal of political jostling and even some drama. During the three days leading up to the Wednesday-night balloting, the main maneuvering centered on three elements: 1) a handful of uncommitted delegations, of which Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were the most important; 2) the South, which was largely in Nixon's camp already but vulnerable to Reagan; and 3) Nixon's choice of a running mate...
...expected. The candidate, watching television and keeping his own tally in his penthouse suite, could have noted in the first several states an extra vote here and there beyond his minimal requirements. Then Florida and Georgia came through with large majorities?evidence that the Reagan movement had collapsed. Maryland delivered 18 out of 26. Four Michiganders deserted Romney. Mississippi's unit rule held for the entire delegation of 20. The undermining of Case's position in New Jersey produced a welcome 18 out of 40. In Pennsylvania, Nixon picked up 22 more...
...Bliss. Finally, after a brief break for a nap and a breakfast of cold cereal, Nixon convened still another meeting. By this time, the possibilities had been reduced to five: Senator Charles Percy; Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch of California, a longtime Nixon friend and associate; Congressman Rogers Morton of Maryland; Governor John Volpe of Massachusetts ("It might be nice," Nixon observed, "to have an Italian Catholic on the ticket"); and, of course, Agnew. Finch and Morton attended the meetings but left while they were being talked about...
...nothing about the man beyond the fact that he was a very new, moderately successful Governor with no national or international stature (see following story). Many Northern Republicans were rankled by the ready acceptance of the selection by Southerners and by conservatives generally. Although Agnew is a moderate by Maryland standards and a liberal by Deep South criteria, there was the suspicion that he was on the ticket to placate Thurmond and other segregationists. Not only liberals protested. Colorado Senator Peter Dominick howled: "There are 2,000,000 people in my state who have never heard of Agnew...
Richard Nixon's choice as running mate would not have batted an eye. "Spiro Agnew," admitted Spiro T. Agnew last week, "is not a household word." Anonymity may indeed have been one of the strongest factors in his selection as the Republican vice-presidential candidate. For if the Maryland Governor has done little to excite attention beyond the borders of his own state, he has done even less to arouse real antagonism in the G.O.P. Outside Maryland he has been known chiefly as the first Governor of Greek descent...