Word: welds
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...reasons behind the sudden switch to a regional primary are many, but the true motivation is unknown. Some political observers believe Gov. William F. Weld '66 pushed the Yankee Primary to boost the candidacy of California Gov. Pete Wilson, whom Weld had endorsed last summer...
According to observers, Weld hoped he could use his influence throughout New England to provide Wilson with the lion's share of the region's delegates...
...winner-take-all nature of the primaries would have given Wilson, with the help of the well-respected Weld, a large advantage over his opponents were he to win the New England primaries...
...idea of Massachusetts' being a winner-take-all primary, in Weld's eyes, was to deliver all of Massachusetts to Wilson," Watanabe says...
...Wilson withdrew from the presidential race in September, and Weld's grand plan for the Yankee Primary dissolved...