Word: romneys
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...that end he was "prepared to make any sacrifice"-which most observers took to mean that he would give up his law practice and run. Meanwhile, the Gallup poll showed him leading all others as of now. >Before Washington's National Press Club, Michigan's Governor George Romney was asked if he would accept a draft. "I have no way of knowing whether such a demand might develop. It would be presumptuous to assume that it will. However, if it should, like any other concerned American I would have a duty to accept." Back home, the Detroit News...
...Unlike Romney, Scranton has not failed to put over a workable fiscal program in a chronically bankrupt state. Nor has he provoked the wrath of his own party, as Ronney did, after hinting he might accept a draft for the nomination...
...William Scranton, who until a recent talk with Ike really sounded as though he wanted no part of the White House, now let it be known that he would not request that his name be withdrawn from the Oregon primary if it were entered. Michigan's Governor George Romney still maintained that "I will not be a candidate for the nomination, and I will not seek it." But he scheduled a series of out-of-state speeches and television appearances for the next few weeks...
Ruth Caplan, the ingenue, and Joseph Morlan, the sidekick, started with the disadvantage of the two weakest parts in the script. Neither of them managed to conquer this initial problem. Morlan's ill-timed hamming told against him when compared to Martin, and Miss Caplan, who looked remarkably like Romney's Lady Hamilton in one scene, was generally ineffective...
...other Republican prospects, Richard Nixon was mum about politics last week, but got some press notices with the announcement that the 94-year-old New York law firm of Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd will henceforth be known as Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. Michigan's Governor George Romney, whose chances for the nomination dimmed after he failed to get his state tax reform program through the legislature, went handshaking in Detroit, greeted downtown shoppers by saying "Hi there. This state had a deficit when we took office, but now it has a surplus. Merry Christmas." And in Illinois...