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When Edward Kennedy bestowed his blessing on Barack Obama at a thunderous rally in Washington, he had only sweet words about Obama's chief rival for the Democratic nomination???at least when he mentioned Hillary Clinton by name. But it was hard to miss what the senior member of one of the U.S.'s most storied Democratic clans was really saying about the political style of another dynastic family. Obama, Kennedy declared, "has given America a different kind of campaign?a campaign not just about himself but about...
...Time for Mourning. Politically, Kennedy's death turned both parties topsy-turvy. Only nine months remain before the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, but Johnson will have the prestige and power of the White House working for him if he wants the nomination???and few doubt that he does. As a moderately conservative Southerner, his chief worry is the party's Northern liberal wing...
Razzle-Dazzle Predictions. With the virtually solid backing of the South and scattered support in the West, Johnson, at the time of his announcement last week, could count up some 500 first-ballot votes toward the 761 needed to win the nomination???but Jack Kennedy could count well beyond 600. Arithmetically, the gap seemed fairly narrow. Strategically, it was enormous...
...Judge served by a recess appointment until the Senate should approve his nomination???the Senate of which Hiram Johnson is a member. One of Senator Johnson's characteristics is that his memory is long and his forgiveness is short. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably on Judge McCamant, but on the floor of the Senate Mr. Johnson was eloquent. The result was that the nomination was referred back to the Committee. And before the Committee the Judge last week appeared...
Within four weeks, the new President seemed the most favored contender for the Republican nomination???that is, if he would display some individual initiative, something that would make him a figure in his own right, not a mere shade of Mr. Harding. Other candidates likewise were getting their plans under way. Senator Underwood was at work; Senator Hiram Johnson and Mr. McAdoo were
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