Word: senatore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In 1960, pollsters predicted that John Kennedy would win nine of the state's ten Congressional districts from Hubert Humphrey. The Massachusetts Senator carried only six districts, however, with a scant 56 per cent of the popular vote.
More important, Tennessee has become a two-party state. In 1964 Gore's Goldwater-Republican opponent charged that the Senator was too liberal for Tennessee. Gore polled only 54 per cent of the vote, and that was before he announced his unpopular opposition to the war.
The Club accepted a resolution to "wholeheartedly approve the entry of Robert F. Kennedy into the Democratic presidential race." The statement also reaffirms the Club's previous endorsement of Senator Eugene J. McCarthy.
Senator Fulbright: From your remarks, you think our policy is disastrous for our country?
SENATOR CASE: If this was a lesson in the broader sense it means we had better get busy in similar activity in Africa and other places and develop as much as we can a real understanding of the problems of each area and its locality, is that not true?