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After acknowledging his victory in Atlanta, Carter and his family headed for Albany, Ga., aboard "Peanut One." He carried sleepy Daughter Amy into a car for their return to Plains. Even at dawn, some 400 townspeople awaited him. "I told you I didn't intend to lose," Carter said. Then, for the first time during the up-and-down campaign, his composure broke. He bit his lip, fought back tears, while most of his family wept. As the crowd cheered, then grew quiet, Carter conceded: "The only reason it was close was that I as a candidate was not good...
Main Street-all two blocks of it -was like a Hollywood movie set. Plains residents weary of hearing visitors make that comparison, but the turn-of-the-century roofed sidewalks and flat-facade buildings seem oddly two-dimensional. One suspects that Carter's Worm Farm, the Peanut Museum and the half-dozen other establishments are folded away after a day's shooting. At the end of the street is the crowning bit of make-believe, the period-piece depot that does not deal with trains at all but is Carter's headquarters, festooned with peanut wreaths...
...Brown game, we can still hope for a miracle. There are still a few precincts that are too close to call. If we can win in Pennsylvania and then take those people from New Haven, we've got a chance. There's no reason to think that the Peanut will win in New Hampshire this weekend...
...Pardon me," said Betty, "but I think it's time to stop crying over spilled milk. The Peanut has won this thing fair and square. You were outvoted 16-14 in the critical election, and the rest of the precincts will probably fall into line behind the Peanut. He's just too strong in the Northeast...
There was little hope in the Square Office. Jimmy "Peanut" Anderson from Providence and Walter "Fritz" Cozza of New Haven seemed destined to assume the top spots in the Ivy League. Gerry Joe's cries for the status quo had gone unheeded...