Word: senatore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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8. The Senator, Pearson (9)
With his speech, Humphrey succeeded in embarrassing Nixon slightly about his silence on the war. Writing in the Ripon Forum, magazine of the liberal Ripon Society, Oregon's G.O.P. Senator Mark Hatfield pointedly noted: "The Paris peace talks should not become the skirt for timid men to hide behind...
If Nixon's silence was beginning to cost him support, Humphrey's statement won him some, particularly from dissident Democrats. Senator Ted Kennedy sent a wire applauding his "courage" and declaring: "To all who look for peace in Viet Nam, you have given great encouragement and hope." Ten...
For months, George Wallace had been casting about for a running mate, often in pretty strange waters. He considered "Colonel" Harland Sanders, the fried-chicken king ("It's finger-lickin' good"). He looked over Paul Harvey, a right-wing newscaster, former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, and...
One result of Rafferty's poor showing has been to bring Governor Reagan plunging in to his rescue. It is "absolutely imperative," said Reagan, "that Max Rafferty be the next United States Senator." Reagan deputized his two top aides to spur Rafferty's flagging campaign, and he has...