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...Republican enemy, many of the staffers have been sniping at one another. One of those hit was Fred Dutton, a key strategist, who has been demoted to coffee and sandwich pusher; McGovern grew weary of his countless memos. Among the more aggressive in-fighters has been Jean Westwood, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. She has occasionally informed her fellow staffers that she is in charge of everything, on McGovern's orders. That, of course, nettles Gary Hart, who has been supervising the grass-roots organization. While Hart has been chairing strategy meetings in his office on Mondays...
Flying to Washington, McGovern assembled his squabbling advisers. No sooner had Westwood started to review the voter-registration drive than O'Brien broke in. "You're the nominee of the Democratic Party," he told McGovern. "It has millions of members and adherents, but here we are with Richard Nixon telling Democrats it isn't your party. You're being cast in the role of a third-party candidate. Maybe we ought to start saying that there is a Democratic Party and that, hopefully, you'll be moving it through the '70s." Replied McGovern...
...Rubbing salt in the Republican wounds, Democratic National Chairman Jean Westwood called the GAO report "the bare outlines of the largest and possibly most corrupt set of financial dealings in the history of American presidential politics." Taking the counteroffensive, Republican National Chairman Robert Dole demanded that the GAO look into the Democratic funds as well. Hinting at "devious cover-ups," Dole pointed out to the GAO what he thought to be "serious" violations on the part of McGovern's fund raisers, and promised fresh accusations this week. The GAO had already decided to investigate Democratic campaign contributions, but McGovern...
...Sunday Face the Nation TV appearance. McGovern wanted to keep him, but feared that the controversy would not subside so long as Eagleton was on the ticket. On another Sunday-interview show, Meet the Press, two of the party's top officials, National Committee Chairman Jean Westwood and Vice Chairman Basil A. Paterson, urged him to step down. Since Mrs. Westwood had talked to McGovern before her appearance, her words were a sign that McGovern might have made up his mind. Yet, as one aide explained it, McGovern was "very troubled by the conflicting emotional pulls. There...
...Shirley Chisholm of New York won a small but loyal following for her presidential candidacy. Frances ("Sissy") Farenthold, a Vassar-educated Texan who ran well for Governor earlier this year, was nominated for Vice President and came in second to Eagleton. On the convention's last night, Jean Westwood of Utah, a Mormon who served as one of McGovern's floor managers, was elected the first woman Democratic national chairman...