Word: mccloskey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Firing Line. William F. Buckley Jr. moderates a discussion between Rep. Paul N. McCloskey (R-Calif.) and Rep. John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio), the two candidates opposing Nixon in New Hampshire, 8, March 5, Chan...
Laudably, both Ashbrook and McCloskey are trying to raise issues that deeply concern them. That does not get them much visibility. In towns McCloskey has visited three and four times, people still ask reporters: "Who was that? McCloskey? What's he running for?" After quick introductions, one gas-station attendant asked Ashbrook: "What brings you up to this neck of the woods?" Ashbrook's purpose was explained. The stolid Yankee reply: "Oh, really...
...just don't want Nixon." Undaunted, Ashbrook replied: "Well, you and I have something in common." His main aim is to press Nixon back toward the right by "holding up a standard for people who still consider themselves conservatives." He concedes that if he does not top McCloskey's showing, it will be a setback...
...Really? McCloskey is no more sanguine about his chances of besting the President. "It would take a goddamn second coming for me to beat Nixon up here," he admits. His campaign in some ways recalls Eugene McCarthy's four years ago, but it lacks the messianic aura. There are no great swarms of young "Get Clean for Gene" volunteers; his campaign is $40,000 in debt, despite contributions from such wealthy backers as Norton Simon and Jock Whitney. He starts his 20-hour campaign days at factories or simply walking the streets of New Hampshire towns pumping hands...
...Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, a Democrat. According to one long-time observer of New Hampshire politics, Ashbrook has given the leadership of his campaign over to the "lunatic fringe" of the state's G.O.P. The polls give him only five per cent of the vote against liberal Pete McCloskey's 12 per cent and Nixon's 69 per cent...