Word: mississippis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which way the delegation would finally go seemed to lie with its chairman, Clarke Reed. Reed, a wealthy businessman (construction, barges and farmland) who smiles readily, loves parties and delves into philosophy, denies he has any "kingmaker" role in influencing the Mississippi delegation. A political purist who would like to see the two major parties divide along liberal-conservative lines, he switched from the Democratic Party in 1950 to push his conservative beliefs. Reed had professed to favor Reagan, but was thought by some insiders in the delegation to be awaiting an excuse to move to Ford. The selection...
...Ford visited the Mississippi delegation at week's end, he got a warm reception but no commitment on how the votes there would go. TIME'S count of the delegation showed that the President held a solid edge with 27 delegates favoring him, 16 leaning toward Reagan and 15 uncommitted (two were on vacation and unreachable...
Regardless of what happens in Mississippi, simply holding the conservative lines would not be enough for Reagan. For the Schweiker ploy to work, it would have been necessary to win over delegates in New York, New Jersey and, notably, Pennsylvania. So far, that simply has not been happening. Schweiker insisted on Wednesday that he would pull as many as 20 Ford delegates from Pennsylvania into either the Reagan or uncommitted columns-but he did not produce a single name...
...minute audience with the President at the White House, six delegates-who had been considered uncommitted-came out publicly for Ford. Reagan and Schweiker may meet jointly with Pennsylvania and New Jersey delegations this week to try to persuade delegates to switch; they also plan to address the Mississippi delegation...
Flying home on Air Force One from his encouraging visit to the Mississippi delegates in Jackson, President Ford relaxed with a martini at his side and a pipe in his hand and talked politics with TIME White House Correspondent Strobe Talbott. His thoughts...