Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this opportunity carries with it strong implications of inferiority." Now, Hubert cried: "I'm not much for a fellow who's for civil rights in the District of Columbia and whistles Dixie with you . . . The views I state in Georgia are the same views I state in Minnesota. I will not speak out of both sides of my mouth...
...Republican Congressman who normally would be a shoo-in for reelection, but who concedes that he may now be in real trouble, is Minnesota's two-term Clark MacGregor...
...latest Minnesota poll, published by the Minneapolis Tribune, shows Lyndon Johnson leading Barry Goldwater by an amazing 74% to 22% in the state. MacGregor thus suffers from identification on the ticket with Goldwater. At the same time, a diehard segment of Goldwaterites in his district threatens to boycott MacGregor because he was a strong supporter of Bill Scranton at San Francisco...
...Minnesota-born Bud Wilkinson is the former (1947-64) University of Oklahoma football coach whose teams racked up one of the most spectacular records in modern history (145 victories in 178 games). He also served for a time as President Kennedy's top adviser on national physical fitness. Fred Harris is a Cotton County farm boy with a Phi Beta Kappa key and a law degree from the U. of O. He does not have Wilkinson's glamor, but, at his present tender age, he has already served eight years in the state senate...
...Minnesota Senator well realizes, and doesn't regret, the haziness of his ideology: "(Liberalism) ... is basically an attitude toward life rather than a dogma--characterized by a warm heart, an open mind, and willing hands." He speaks of compassion far more than justice; he stresses understanding and deprecates revenge. Dramatically different from the leftist radicalism of the '30's and the civil rights militance of the 60's, his is the "soft" liberalism of the 40's--a liberalism which fades rather easily into paternalism...