Word: stassen
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David Kelley, 59, who lives in a campground near Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and bills himself as "the last Confederate soldier," is one of four Republicans challenging Reagan in the New Hampshire primary. Of course, there is also Harold Stassen, 76, the "boy wonder" of the 1940s, who with his eighth stab at the Oval Office has transformed himself into, well, the Harold Stassen of the 1980s...
...field was crowded. He won only the Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries but his delegates split the party which went to the convention with the nomination still in doubt. Ohio Sen. Robert A. Taft offered him the second spot on the ticket in exchange for his delegates but Stassen refused and forced a second and third ballot. But before the third, Taft saw his support eroding and, still unable to secure Stassen's support, conceded the nomination to New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey...
...Stassen tried again four years later but managed to go to the convention with only 19 delegates. He soon threw his support behind Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ike remembered and later made Stassen chairman of the Foreign Operations Administration. In 1955 he moved up to the cabinet level post of special assistant for disarmament. A hawk who had advocated the use of nuclear weapons against China during the Korean War but a strong advocate of negotiation, he was in charge formulating the "Open Skies" proposal and negotiating an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union. But he embarrassed Eisenhower...
...Stassen admits that his chances of capturing the White House are "very, very remote," but insists that he is ready to serve if things happen to go his way. He has almost no national support or campaign staff and he returns phone calls quickly. He is concentrating his campaign in New Hampshire and Iowa, traveling quietly, speaking at high schools and civic associations hoping to build momentum. And like George McGovern and Jesse Jackson, he notes that running for president is a way to say things people ought to hear. "That's a minimum of what you accomplish. There...
...shouldn't be too hard on Harold Stassen. In certain respects, he's a symbol of the democratic system. After all, anyone who's over 35 and native born may run for president. And if no one else decides to challenge Reagan in the Republican primaries. Stassen may do better than he has in years. This is the first time Stassen has run against an incumbant and there is always the chance that peope fed up with Reagan might just vote for anyone but Reagan...