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...ally in New York. In the Buffalo area, powerful Erie County Chairman Joseph Crangle had entered three uncommitted "pro-Humphrey" slates in the primary. Crangle warned Humphrey that they were in danger of losing to Carter slates and asked the Senator to make a trip to Buffalo to whip up local enthusiasm. After thinking it over carefully, Humphrey decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Humphrey: The Juices Are Moving | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

...aides have not directly assailed Reagan as a spoiler. Instead, they have encouraged Ford loyalists to speak out. Rogers Morton, who was tapped to succeed Bo Callaway as campaign manager (see story page 19), has asked Texas Senator John Tower, House Minority Leader John Rhodes and Republican Whip Robert Michel to "open a dialogue" with such Reagan partisans as North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms and Illinois Republican Congressman Philip Crane. Nine Republican Governors advised Reagan to quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Another Loss For the Gipper | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

This contrast is most sharply etched in the confrontation between the two outside Mary's prison. Here Elizabeth, riding whip in hand, is at her loudest and most vindictive. Gloating over her humbled rival, she is completely stunned by Mary's sudden shift from contrition to name-calling indignation--a shift which makes this scene a theatrical tour-de-force...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Mary and Elizabeth: More Stately Monarchs | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...when Daley, 73, finally bows out. Indeed, Daley hand-picked Howlett to fight Walker, whom the mayor never liked and now despises because of his attacks on the machine. Boasts Howlett: "Dick Daley has been a friend of mine for 30 years." Retorts Walker: "We're going to whip Boss Daley like he needs to be whipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNORS: Savage Scrap in Illinois | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

...battle over who would succeed Mansfield was already joined last week. The Democratic whip, West Virginian Robert C. Byrd, has expressed interest in the leadership post, and Maine's Edmund Muskie has announced that he will seek it. Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey might also land the job next January, should something more important down Pennsylvania Avenue not come his way. Ironically, Humphrey was the man whom the modest Mansfield had proposed for the post when it became vacant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SENATE: Mansfield Steps Down | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

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