Word: mcgovern
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Despite his promise to South Dakota voters during his Senate re-election campaign last year that he would not be a candidate for the presidency in 1976, George McGovern may be having second thoughts. In May, McGovern held a five-hour private meeting with several advisers and aides to explore the question of whether or not he should become a candidate. The group's conclusion: he should not, at least for the moment. But other urges appear to be driving the Senator, who two weeks ago sent a "personal and confidential" letter to about 50 friends and former backers...
...guests were usually some 30 or so residents from various large cities, invited to Washington. Fund-raising affairs were held later back in those cities. This money in turn provided the capital for a mail campaign launched through Morris Dees, an Alabama lawyer who ran George McGovern's effective mail solicitations in 1972. Jackson has acquired no fewer than 66 lists, including subscribers to Newsweek.* He hopes to collect the full kitty of $7 million by the end of this year (the law permits spending $2 million to finance fund raising in addition to the $5 million raised...
...letter was drafted by 19 Senators, including Democrat Birch Bayh of Indiana and Republicans Jacob Javits of New York and Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania. But South Dakota Democrat George McGovern, another signer, warned that it would be foolish for Israel to conclude that the message supported Israeli occupation of Arab territories. Still, the letter undercut Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's assertions to the Israelis that congressional support for them was waning...
...whole, no time limits, just the open spaces, no brute strength or monstrous size, just skill and smartness and talent. The analysis breaks down some when you start breaking down the crowds. These kids are Democrats by birth, all right, but they're not exactly the folks who manned McGovern buses or turn out for liberal caucuses in the suburbs--but that's okay, maybe when McGovern told America to come home he wasn't talking to suburbia anyway, even if that's partly who listened...
...Democrats, including Senators Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and George McGovern of South Dakota, expressed reservations about Ford's use of force to free the Mayaguez and its crew. But the vast majority of Senators and Representatives from both parties applauded the President's decision. Illinois Democrat Melvin Price, chairman of the House Armed...