Word: moakley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Neill's optimism was typical of Moakley's coordinators throughout the evening, despite discouraging reports from several precincts that unexpectedly favored Hicks. "That's okay, the results aren't really enough to go by," one coordinator sighed unflinchingly as he continued explaining Moakley's program to a crowd of reporters...
...Moakley victory would then give impetus to "the new politics" not only in the 9th, but in Congress as well. Coming from an Irish working class neighborhood and speaking a moderate-to-progressive dialect that also attracted upper-income groups, Moakley provided an essential link between the liberal coalition in Congress and the often-distant object of its programs, the American working man. Moakley thus put forth a program designed to "bring the people together" and his supporters' election night gathering was a convincing Phase I of the new 9th togetherness...
...LUCK O' THE Irish" and a sense of inevitable victory pervaded the Statler-Hilton ballroom as supporters watched the precinct-by-precinct progress of "our Joey's" challenge to Hicks. Moakley and his supporters were rolling in four-leaf clovers by the end of the night as official election returns confirmed his victory...
Even the elements seemed to line up with Moakley Long before returns began to trickle in communications director Timmy O'Neill predicted that the clear, sunny day would shine on the side of the Independent challenger. "Hicks does well on dreary, rainy days," he said. "On bad days the good people don't get their share of the vote...
...Moakley victory celebration was written in the stars on November 7, it took some pretty fancy pencil pushing to put it there. Hicks had defeated Moakley in the 1970 Democratic primary with her solid core of supporters. Realizing that it was impossible to unseat Hicks in the primary, Moakley sat out the 1972 preliminaries to challenge her head-on as an Independent in the general election...