Word: mcgovern
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During a stop in Washington, Carter got the bluff blessing of AFL-CIO President George Meany, who sat out the 1972 campaign because he could not stomach George McGovern. "Our candidate," vowed Meany, "will get the full backing of the best political machine in the country." There already were strong signs that labor would deliver for the Carter-Mondale ticket?not only in votes but in voter registration. The well-organized United Auto Workers?1.4 million members across the country?is revving up. Ohio labor leaders are working closely with the Democratic organization. Says Thomas Bradley, president...
...going to be playing hardball pretty soon, and he's going to have to learn how to catch as well as pitch. He said that I was being very personal-I can't remember saying anything except that he was sort of a Southern-fried McGovern or Humphrey. Both Hubert and McGovern thought that was fine, as long as I mentioned their names. We don't intend to be personal; we'll keep this campaign on a lofty level. Jimmy Carter is afraid we're going to talk about the issues, and he doesn...
...While New York Senator Jacob Javits delivered the week's lone liberal address, and Reagan delegates broke into noisy disapproval, NBC Anchor Men John Chancellor and David Brinkley contemplated a souvenir towel from the 1968 convention. With few thoughtful exceptions in the anchor booths-ABC's George McGovern on the vice presidency, CBS'S brisk Bill Moyers on virtually anything, Walter Cronkite on mercifully little for a change-television proved once again that it explains less effectively than it informs...
...victory only when the majority party stumbles, as the Democrats did by dividing over the Viet Nam issue in 1968 and over George McGovern's policies in 1972. If the Democrats do not make crippling mistakes, the G.O.P. seems destined to finish second...
More optimistic Republicans note the dismal shape that the Democrats were in following the defeat of McGovern and take comfort in the cyclical nature of American politics. After a drubbing the G.O.P. tends to rebound, as it did following Barry Goldwater's huge loss in 1964. Observes Teeter: "Every time the Republican Party takes a real shellacking, it bounces back. But it's like a rubber ball. It doesn't bounce as high as it did the time before...