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There was little else available to explain the triumph of colorless Scoop. Meanwhile, his talk of a restoration of The Grand New Deal coalition supporting his candidacy seemed inane, in that Roxbury blacks gave Carter a plurality, professional liberals flocked to Udall and even most Jews made Jackson only their second choice...
...Scoop didn't need all those other groups--he had labor. Blue-collar workers and their families, who make up more than half the vote in every large state, gave him impressive victories almost everywhere: in Lawrence, with a long-time depressed textile and shoe industry, Jackson beat his nearest competitor, Carter, by 3-2; in Springfield, he topped Wallace by the same margin; and Worcester provided Scoop with a nearly 3-1 lead over his nearest rival...
...state's 12-per-cent unemployment rate won for Jackson, demonstrated by The New York Times/CBS poll, which found Scoop's supporters most concerned with beating back corporations and giving federal guarantees for jobs...
Somebody mentions that Scoop had himself ahead on a poll 17 per cent to 11 per cent. Why would Jackson then bother to attack Carter in Massachusetts...
Marty "Bad News" Healy pumped in a dandy top-of-the-key 25-foor jumper during the Classic uprising, then missed a critical scoop lay-up that would have cut the lead to three. But at the other end, Rick Bengal was hacked, sunk a pair of free throws, and heaved a seven-point lead sigh of relief. Bob Hooft's banker in the final seconds padded the spread...