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...favorites fell like bowling pins. Henry Jackson, the early front runner, did not even survive the first half of the primary season, and even Carter got a scare at the end. Liberals fared worst of all: the Democrats rejected Fred Harris, Mo Udall, Birch Bayh, Sargent Shriver and Milton Shapp...
There is, in fact, a lot to be said for the U.S. primary system, especially if a little more system could be put into it. In 1976 it has clearly designated the Democratic nominee, Jimmy Carter. It swiftly screened out the least serious Democratic candidates (Shriver, Shapp, Harris, Bentsen). It told two aging warriors (Humphrey, Jackson) to forget about the White House. It gave some national exposure to three interesting Westerners (Brown, Udall, Church). It ended the influence of George Wallace as a national political figure. A very respectable hundred days' work...
True, a couple of people's places were omitted-Cleveland and San Francisco. But Milton Shapp did not go far; Jerry Brown remains an oddity in the down-home parade...
...first-grade teacher in New York City, Hurtig, 34, divides her time among her family (she and her husband, a physician, have two small children), modern dance and reform politics. The oppressive political machine run by Mayor Frank L. Rizzo switched its support to Jackson after Governor Milton J. Shapp dropped out. Now such Udall backers as Hurtig and her running mate, Pamela Reid, 30, a college psychology teacher, are not even permitted to speak at ward meetings...
...candidate. In both Florida and North Carolina, blacks had an added incentive to support Carter. His major opponent was George Wallace, whose 1960s cry of "segregation forever" had stamped him an implacable racist, despite his disclaimers. But in Massachusetts, blacks could choose from among Fred Harris, Sargent Shriver, Milton Shapp, Morris Udall and Henry Jackson, whose civil rights records range from good to excellent. Instead, they supported Jimmy Carter...