Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...start out with the props whirling, full steam ahead . . . and even prepare for some turbulent weather." But first there was the matter of getting the Democratic nomination: he would enter the primaries in Wisconsin and South Dakota (where he has his best chance of beating Jack Kennedy), in Oregon (where Favorite Son Wayne Morse will muddy the results anyway), and in the District of Columbia. His fondest dream is to pick up 150 to 200 delegates (needed to win: 761), and then hope against hope for a deadlock that calls for an all-out liberal...
...there was one thing clear about next May's presidential primary in Oregon, it was that all the Democratic possibles would get a chance to show what they could do-since Oregon will put any name on the ballot on petition of a mere 1,000 voters. If there was another thing clear about the primary, it was that Oregon's U.S. Senator Wayne Morse, a latter-day Democrat, was not likely to let any Democrat pick up an advantage in his backyard. Last week, sure enough, Wayne Morse agreed-"reluctantly," he said-to let his name...
Backers of Adlai Stevenson were not too grieved, because Stevenson has begged to be left out of the Oregon primary-although some saw Morse's entry as a way to cut the influence of Stevenson's ardent backer and Morse's archenemy, Fellow Senator Richard Neuberger. Backers of Massachusetts' Jack Kennedy were hurt some, but Teamster-backed Wayne Morse already has done nearly as much damage to Kennedy's chances as possible by attacking him up and down the state for his part in framing the Landrum-Griffin labor law. Most grieved were the friends...