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...last election, talked out of pragmatism rather than sentiment. "Rocky is coming on real strong," Ashbrook has been telling his constituents. "The key is that Rocky is popular with most of the 26 Republican Governors while Nixon has little support among this group." William Miller, Goldwater's running mate, has also called Rockefeller the party's strongest choice, although Rockefeller refused to endorse the ticket in 1964. Ohio Representative Robert Taft Jr. says that "the most significant development in politics is Rocky's emergence...
...rugged Kanuth contributed his usual steady game, shining on defense and averaging 13 points a night. His running mate at starting forward each night was sophomore Jerry O'Neil...
...wrong reasons or not at all. Even depressed Willy can tumble a friend's mistress in the friend's own bed and intone: "This is sacrilege, my Jessica. A very important human activity." In the end, however, just about everyone winds up with a proper mate...
...hand-shaking tour ("Hi, there, buddy, I'm running for President"; "Oh, yeah? Who are you?") with an emotional convention plea. Departs after he is informed he is at the wrong convention. President Johnson, visibly moved that anyone bothered to make a stirring speech, chooses Romney as his running mate...
...arched, if only briefly, at the news of Percy's "special fund," which to date has collected about $25,000. Cynics recalled Richard Nixon's 1952 troubles when he had to deliver his nationally televised "Checkers" speech to keep from being dumped as Ike's running mate because he had accepted $18,000 in private contributions for political expenses. Funds from the Percy Group are strictly earmarked for business-as they were for Nixon. Percy himself cannot touch the money and has no need or desire...