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...that the loser has refused to pay a "price" for winning. Henry Clay, who spent 20 years trying to occupy the White House, finally produced that famous sour grape: "I would rather be right than President." A sweeter reaction, "Now I can see my family," was used by William Scranton in 1964 and Nelson Rockefeller in 1968. How would the Great Scorer judge Eugene McCarthy? After losing the Indiana and Nebraska primaries, he sent no congratulatory words to the winners. His grudging endorsement of Hubert Humphrey was delayed on "principle," was issued only after the Vice President approached Nixon...
...Nixon camp: Dampen all that Cabinet speculation until after Nov. 5, lest it seem presumptuous. Still, it is generally believed that Nixon is so interested in foreign affairs that he may not want an overly independent Secretary of State. In that case, he might pick Pennsylvania's William Scranton, who recently trekked to Europe on a fact-finding tour for him. If Nixon finally decides on an individualist for Foggy Bottom, the odds favor Douglas Dillon, who would have been Secretary of State in 1960 had Nixon won. Scranton might then become Ambassador to the United Nations. McGeorge Bundy...
From Erie in the west to Wilkes-Barre and Scranton in the east, Hubert Humphrey stumped Pennsylvania last week fully aware that if he is to win its 29 electoral votes, he will have to do so largely on his own. The state's Democratic organization has decayed to the point where it simply cannot be counted on to get out the vote. Nor is the situation atypical. In practically every northern, urbanized state-the kind Humphrey must carry if he is to have any chance of winning the election-the party's machinery is in desperate disrepair...
...Philadelphia district attorney's office. Last year he nearly defeated Tate for the mayoralty. Another enterprising Democrat, James Walsh, 37, thought he was being held back by his elders. He successfully challenged the organization candidate in a mayoral primary, went on to win Scranton's city hall...
...Tate's maintain a tenuous hold on power, the party's real strength has been slipping away. In the past six years, the Democrats have lost two gubernatorial elections and one U.S. Senate contest. While the Republicans have been fielding attractive candidates like William Scranton. Hugh Scott and Raymond Shafer, and backing them with unite campaigns, the Democrats have been wasting their energies in destructive primary contests...