Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state of crisis. Not even his closest aides were certain how Muskie would take his defeat, whether he would sulk or come out fighting. At week's end, Muskie seemed to erase their fears. He barged into Indiana and Illinois with unusual snap, apparently relishing his new underdog role. He attacked Wallace as a "preacher of prejudice," and Nixon as the servant of special interests...
...worried any longer about making a mistake. I don't have to try to carefully thread the needle. When you're not trying to do that, you can do your best. It's the only way to win. I've always done better as an underdog. I'm not sure I'm an underdog now, but I know I've got an uphill fight...
More than that, the defeat could place Muskie back into the position he was so much accustomed to in Maine politics--that of the underdog. Don Nicoll, who worked with Muskie through all of his upset victories in Maine, commented after seeing the Florida results. "One of the things people forget is that he is out of his element when he's out in front. Now it feels like 1954 all over again...
Given Muskie's disappointing showing in New Hampshire and the disaster in Florida, it's clear that the senator's efforts to win as a front-runner have failed. He's now starting over again, this time as an underdog, and it's possible that the Florida results will give him the extra--even though bitter--dose of orange juice be needs as he makes his new start...
U.N.H., on the other hand, was psyched-up, playing as an underdog before a partisan crowd in its first trip to Boston Garden...