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...McGovern's own behavior is also very much to blame, and that fact is most damagingly symbolized by what the numerically minded Chinese would undoubtedly call "The Failure of the Double Thousands." His $1,000-per-person revenue sharing plan, first offered, then withdrawn, left him in the double jeopardy of seeming both unwise and wishy-washy, although he spiritedly argued last week that a mature leader must have the right to change his mind. Other items fell into place, leaving the impression of just another politician with his moistened finger to the wind. The purity of his stand...
...U.P.I, speech last week, McGovern continued to insist that "I handled the matter of Senator Eagleton's candidacy with compassion and with genuine concern for the best interests of the nation. The nation can ill afford to debate this issue while death stalks the face of Indochina and our nation deteriorates under the worst leadership in our history." At week's end, after crowds in Des Moines and Kansas City, Mo., gave him his warmest receptions of the campaign, McGoyern flew on to Eagleton's home town of St. Louis, where he joined his former running mate...
...Republican strategy this year has long been obvious. In the manner of any incumbent with a solid lead, Nixon means to let McGovern stew in his own frustrations, to make McGovern himself the issue as long as possible. The race this fall has in fact been no campaign at all in the customary sense. The Republican President scarcely seems a candidate; the man who barely gained a 43.4% plurality in 1968 sits now in distant, almost imperial self-satisfaction while the polls promise landslides...
...White House aide, surveying the campaign, offered this analysis: "McGovern's the issue, and he's only got five weeks. I don't think he can do it. If the people keep focusing on McGovern, then we win by 20 [points]. If they vote on how we've handled the economy over the last four years, then we might lose the election. The housewife certainly doesn't think we've been too hot on that. We're not 28 points ahead. McGovern is 28 points behind. There...
...think we can safely say that the only consistent thing about Senator McGovern is his consistent inconsistency."-Spiro Agnew...