Word: ticketeer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nomination. In an effort to pacify his enemies, Rocky went South to exchange compliments with George Wallace, but the trip riled liberals without changing the minds of many conservatives. A September Harris poll showed that only 34% of the American public wanted Rocky as Vice President on the 1976 ticket. Noted an exasperated Rocky supporter in the White House: "Whatever he's doing out there, it's not working...
...refused to take himself out of the 1976 presidential race when he was questioned at his press conference. If Ronald Reagan upsets Ford in the early primaries, and forces him out of the running, it is conceivable that Rocky would enter the race. In part, Rockefeller dropped off the ticket because he did not want to continue to feed ammunition to the Republican right-what he calls "a minority of a minority." He feels that nothing less than the salvation of the Republican Party is at stake. He said at his press conference, "I think the Republican Party is only...
...early primaries in New Hampshire and Florida, where G.O.P. conservatives are heavily concentrated, are promising terrain for Reagan. If he wins or does well, he will have a shot at the nomination, or at least the No. 2 spot on the ticket...
...Hartmann, Ford's longtime top aide and political adviser; Hartmann is now confined largely to speechwriting. Rumsfeld also clashed with Vice President Rockefeller over staff assignments, and Rocky's men suspect that he induced Campaign Chief Howard Callaway to call the Vice President a liability to the ticket for 1976. In addition, Rumsfeld has long been uneasily at odds with Henry Kissinger, feeling that he was taking credit-at the expense of Ford-for U.S. foreign policy decisions. Some of Rumsfeld's critics refer to him as Ford's "crown prince...
...small private plane flew over Providence en route to Boston, the pilot turned on his FM radio and heard the announcement for an upcoming concert. Wow! He immediately landed the plane, took a taxi downtown and bought a pair of tickets. Then he resumed his flight. Standing in line at a supermarket in Plymouth, Mass., a young couple was given a handbill bearing similar news. Wow! They left their cart where it was and dashed downtown to buy tickets. And so it went as the word spread. "Is he really coming?" asked a teen-age girl at the ticket window...