Word: mcgovern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...party bosses like Daley, plus the liberals who admire the Senator's progressive legislative record and still tingle when they remember his father's greatness. This year the Daley wing is the more important of the two and in that sense Stevenson would represent Carter's insurance against another McGovern debacle. After being ejected from the 1972 convention in a credentials dispute, a triumphant return by Daley would dramatize the reunification of the party's divergent elements--something Carter obviously needs...
...list, of course, includes the birthplaces and/or home towns of current and former Presidential Hopefuls (in order) Reagan, Church, Udall, Bentsen, Shriver, Bayh, Connally, Wallace, Sanford, Harris, Muskie, McGovern, Jackson, Humphrey, Rockefeller, Carter and Ford...
Quick Buck. As his drive accelerated, Carter had to cope with two embarrassing incidents. One involved Robert Shrum, a disgruntled liberal and former McGovern aide, who quit as a speechwriter after only nine days on Carter's staff and accused the candidate of being manipulative and deceptive on the issues. In his letter of resignation, Shrum told Carter: "I am not sure what you truly believe in other than yourself...
Black Americans, one of the last solid voting blocs hi the nation, gave almost 90% of their ballots to George McGovern in 1972. That translated into an estimated 6 million votes, or 20% of his total at the polls. For all their potential muscle, however, blacks have felt themselves out in the political cold for years -ignored since 1968 by Republican Washington and slighted in Democratic councils since McGovern's defeat...
Unchanged, however, is the paper's willingness to assume unpopular editorial positions; it champions gun control (anathema in Alaska) and stricter environmental protection laws. The Daily News generally supports Democrats and endorsed George McGovern for President in 1972. But Fanning does not let the paper's politics get in the way of its Pulitzer-caliber journalism: her reporters presently are investigating fund-raising practices by state Democrats...