Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fascinating point about the New Hampshire primary soon became evident: if a Republican was elected President ten months later, he turned out to be the fellow who had won the New Hampshire primary; if a Democrat won, he likewise happened to have finished first in New Hampshire. And then there were those New Hampshire debacles that, given a little hindsight and a lot of state pride, seemed significant: Harry Truman in 1952, George Romney in 1968 and Ed Muskie in 1972. Ergo. New Hampshire obviously was a prize worth trudging through the snow for. In 1975, a regional politican named...
...here we go again in 1979, a full year before the vote. Republican Senator Bob Dole has been buttering up fellow World War II veterans in Nashua. Handsome Republican Congressman Phil Crane has already dropped in 20 times, charming the ladies at every stop. He has also pointed out to the legislature that charges in the Manchester Union Leader about his sex life and drinking habits were "beneath contempt." Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker speechified at a Republican banquet in Concord. Former CIA Director George Bush preceded, and followed, all three. Connecticut Senator Lowell Weicker is planning a foray. Former...
...anybody listening? Well, no. In the dingy second floor office from which he directs the state Republican Party and the Goodyear tire franchise in Manchester, G.O.P. Chairman Gerald Carmen concedes that "the ordinary, rank and file voter isn't all that stirred up. You think he's trying to decide between Reagan and Crane? Nah. He's wondering whether his car will start in this cold weather. He's hoping the temperature won't drop to 20 below tonight...
Next day, as the wind howls and the mercury sinks out of sight, Gerald Carmen is one of the few who can focus on presidential politics. "They're all charming," he says of the Republican candidates...
Confirmation is but half a mile away. No presidential candidate is in Manchester today, but there is a political gathering. At the pastel-carpeted office of New Hampshire's recently elected Republican Senator, Gordon Humphrey, people are lined up to chat about problems that rarely change, whoever is President...