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...newsman friend. "What finally tipped the balance was that in the last two or three weeks I've heard from people in whom I have a good deal of faith and confidence that my returning to the U.S. could make a significant difference in the prospects for Scranton's nomination. I felt a tremendous responsibility in this matter. I even felt the pressure here in Viet Nam. One afternoon I ran into a young Army captain, and he asked, 'Sir, are you going home to help Scranton?', and when I said...
Where were they? Headed for Wilmington? Leaving Cleveland? Circling Miami? Such was the pace of Republican William Scranton's headlong campaign for the G.O.P. presidential nomination that in the minds of aides and newsmen traveling with him in his chartered Electra, places and events blurred...
...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...