Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appeal appears to be working in McCarthy's favor during these last few days of the primary campaign as it did during the last weekend in the New Hampshire campaign. Many feel that the Minnesota Senator may be able to catch up with his quiet appeal...
...Humphrey-Kennedy ticket would have a certain irony. Humphrey Biographer Winthrop Griffith recalls a scene at the Los Angeles convention when John Kennedy was on the brink of victory. Bobby, a finger thrust at Hubert's chest, demanded the immediate delivery of Minnesota's delegates, "or else." Humphrey poked back and said: "Bobby, go to hell...
...Bridge Burning. Another possibility is McCarthy for Vice President. The disadvantage of this pairing, of course, is that both he and Humphrey are from Minnesota. The Constitution does not bar two men from one state running together, but it precludes the Electoral College votes of that state from being cast for both men. Thus, if a Humphrey-McCarthy ticket carried Minnesota, the ten electors would either have to split their votes between the two or not vote at all for one of the offices. For this reason, and because of the hard-dying desire for geographic balance?even...
...efficient campaign organization. His personal staff consists mostly of Minnesotans with little expertise in national politics. He tried to attract Lawrence O'Brien, but lost him to Kennedy; there is no Humphrey cadre of veteran organizers to match Kennedy's. Humphrey himself, although he was a leading architect of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in the 1940s, has never been considered a particularly astute tactician on the national level. In 1956, he openly sought the vice-presidential nomination, ran a humiliating third behind Estes Kefauver and John Kennedy. In 1960, Kennedy did not merely beat Humphrey: he exterminated...
...week's end, the White Sox finally won a game, squeaking past the Minnesota Twins, 3-2. "I don't feel any different," growled Stanky. "I don't feel any happier...