Word: mccloskey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Riegle, who is actively supporting a drive by Rep. Paul N. McCloskey (R-Calif.) to deny President Nixon The Republican Presidential nomination, said, "It is important now to make a hard fight in both parties to come up with two decent candidates...
Riegle, when asked if he would support the Democratic nominee in the event McCloskey's effort failed, said that "it won't be difficult for me to take that step if the Democrats offer a legitimate candidate...
Speakers at the October 8 rally will include five candidates for President; Senators George McGovern (D-S.D.), Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), and Muskie, and McCloskey and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich...
...Democrats were now on the defensive about the war issue; they faced the possibility that Nixon in 1972 will have the brightened aura of a world statesman and peacemaker. Potential Democratic candidates for the presidency could only applaud Nixon's coup. The quixotic candidacy of Republican Congressman Pete McCloskey, centered so completely upon the war, looked even more forlorn...
...McCloskey, the lone Republican opposing President Nixon, is not faced with the puzzling choices of his Democratic counterparts. He will run in every primary for which he can raise support. Tiny (pop. 3,882) Randolph, Vermont, holds a presidential primary at a town meeting in early March. A McCloskey man observes: "You can shake every hand in Randolph in an hour and a half." McCloskey plans a campaign trip to Randolph later this month...