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Next day, as if to underscore the Democratic Party's dispiriting prospects, the aging, battle-scarred George McGovern announced at a National Press Club luncheon that he would not run again for President. He had, he explained, consulted Richard Nixon, of all people, who told McGovern he should pose two questions to himself: Did he have something to say that others would not say? And would they listen? George McGovern had no sure answers and admitted...
Sure. So could George McGovern in the '92 presidential election. How about a two-George parlay? Giggles or not, jiggles or not, a lot of comebacking is being attempted at the world-class level in sports. A reasonable citizen may wonder what Foreman, Bjorn Borg, Larry Holmes, Sugar Ray Leonard, Nancy Lieberman Cline, John McEnroe, Jim Palmer, Mark Spitz and Jill Sterkel have in common. A reasonable answer might be they're nuts. They're all trying, or trying to try, or have recently tried, comebacks, holding high the torch for middle-aged wheezers everywhere...
...liberals before the primaries. As much as I hate to admit it, District of Columbia "Shadow Senator" Jesse L. Jackson and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York will not win the 1992 election--not by a long shot. Nominating one of them--or, even worse, the persistent George McGovern or the laughable Paul E. Tsongas--will doom the Democratic Party to another four years of "Don't forget--we control the Congress." A national party needs a nationally unifying leader...
George Bush is not George Washington. He will not waltz into office with the full and unequivocal support of all Americans. But he will win if the Democrats allow him to run against someone in the McGovern-Mondale mould...
...Monday afternoon Sen. Patricia McGovern (D-Lawerence) moved to reconsider the issue in yet another Senate vote. The legislature will probably revote in their next formal session, which will take place either next week or the week after that...