Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Keith so vulnerable did the Democrats refuse to endorse Rolvaag in June? The roots of their decision to dump the Governor go back to the early '60's -- the golden days of Minnesota politics...
Keith is well-educated (Amherst and Yale Law) and speaks eruditely. He challenged Rolvaag to debate him in public or at least discuss his stand on substantive issues like Minnesota's taxation system. In the emotion-charged campaign atmosphere the Governor's refusal to do either went virtually unnoticed...
...insurance scandal" has been a political football in the state for more than a year and a half. What actually happened remains obscure even now. It began in early 1965 when rumors circulated through Minnesota insurance offices that the American Allied Insurance Co., a St. Paul firm which insured high-risk drivers was financially unstable and that three Chicago brothers were diverting most of the premiums into their own pockets...
While the American Allied case became a general embarrassment to all Minnesota Democrats, it was always agony for Sandy Keith. From April, 1964 to February, 1965, Keith had been employed --at $500 per month -- as general counsel and vice-president of U.S. Mutual, a subsidiary of American Allied. Even his friends admit he was guilty of incredible naivete and poor judgment in accepting the job. Republicans made it clear that the American Allied case would be their big issue this fall and Keith's vulnerability helped scare away D.F.L. financial support for the primary battle...
Minnesotans tend to be a proud, even chauvinistic group. They glory in their lakes, their baseball team, their culture (Minneapolis' Gutherie Theater), and their "heartland of America" state character. Minnesota politics, particularly with Hubert Humphrey's vigorous D.F.L., always seemed a bit more exciting and nationally important than anyone else...