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Williams's and Watson's dilemma faces many ultra-conservative Democrats holding once secure seats in the deep south. They, and most of the voters who elect them are followers of Republicans like Barry Goldwater, John Tower, and Storm Thurmond. If they continue to run on the Democratic ticket for reasons of tradition and seniority, they risk losing the election (as Williams and Watson certainly would have if they had had Republican opponents) or their seniority. If they run on the Republican ticket, they lose their chance to obtain power through committees and they still risk defeat. Whatever happens...
Dewey 1520, Truman 739, Thomas 215, Wallace 212. Thurmond 95, Undecided 95, Other Candidates...
...Barry traveled through the South, two breaks went his way. South Carolina's Senator J. Strom Thurmond, the Dixiecrat candidate for President in 1948, formally severed his ties to the Democratic Party, announced that he was joining the Republican Party and would campaign for Goldwater. When Barry arrived at Greenville, S.C., in his chartered jet, Strom was waiting at the ramp to embrace him, a gold elephant in one lapel and a Goldwater button in the other. Barry was delighted. "If a man like Thurmond can do it," he said, "I see no reason why Democrats by the tens...
Romney (to Staebler): Are you for George Wallace and Strom Thurmond...
...states' rights and to walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." Returning to Minneapolis, Humphrey was hoisted in triumph on the shoulders of acclaimers. But his performance had already caused a Southern walkout and led to the Dixiecrat presidential candidacy of South Carolina's Strom Thurmond...