Word: scranton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Scranton often prowled the plane, ignoring the FASTEN SEAT BELTS sign, to chat with reporters. Once, he picked up the galley telephone, read over the aircraft loudspeaker system a lengthy statement that got far less attention than it deserved...
...Evidence. "Since in politics almost anything can happen from day to day, it would not necessarily be impossible for Senator Goldwater to beat Lyndon Johnson in November," said Scranton above the Electra's drone...
Insisting that "the evidence against a Goldwater candidacy is so devastating as to be incapable of complete error," Scranton continued: "In state after state, surveys show that against Lyndon Johnson, Barry would not carry even a majority of Republican voters." He reeled off the results of polls taken among Republicans, some by independent pollsters, some by his own public opinion specialist, Philadelphia's John Bucci: nationally, 62% of Republicans would vote for Johnson, only 29% for Goldwater; in New Jersey, 72% of Republicans prefer Johnson, 20% Goldwater; Maryland, 63% Johnson, 27% Goldwater; Ohio, 64% Johnson, 17% Goldwater; Iowa...
Concluded Scranton: "Barry's chances in the cities are just unbelievably poor. Yesterday, for instance, we completed our latest check in Philadelphia. Barry Goldwater can count on only 11% of the total vote against Lyndon Johnson...
...Coalition. In that statement lay the sum and substance of Scranton's campaign strategy. If he is to perform the near miracle of heading off Goldwater, he must convince the G.O.P. and the nation that 1) Barry would run so badly against President Johnson as to drag down and perhaps defeat Republican candidates at all levels, and 2) he, Bill Scranton, would have a far better chance against Johnson, might even win, and in any event would enhance the chances of other G.O.P. candidates...