Word: winning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...total of 1,725 convention votes, more than 400 above the 1,312 needed for nomination), with the remainder divided among others-790 votes for Kennedy and McCarthy, 61 for Alabama's George Wallace. Predicted Harry Truman, who survived a bitter party rift in 1948 to win the nomination: "The regular Democrats will go down the line to re-elect the President, unless some damn fool splits them...
...ready to betray, deny or doubt him. They number millions. They see the nation struggling with wearying futility to solve its three major challenges-the endless war, the plague-ridden cities, the troubled economy-and they are tempted to cast about for new leadership. If Lyndon Johnson is to win renomination, he will have to convince them in the months ahead that he has the policies to control the crises, not vice versa...
...balance was scattered. The closing days of the contest could well produce different results. But, as of last week, Johnson could take little comfort in the prospects. Though he came out ahead, he trailed his rivals' combined total. On Election Day, it would be a mixed win...
...quips he hurled at Johnson during the week. He mentioned some of the experts he had proposed for the commission, then added that "President Johnson, in his inimitable style, wanted to appoint General Westmoreland, John Wayne and Martha Raye." Another Kennedy throwaway: he knows he has a chance to win-George Hamilton asked for his daughter's telephone number...
...gave him only pleasant treatment inside. By a 325-to-8 vote, the delegates re-elected him party leader and cheered his new policies. Those policies are certain to cause severe strains within the coalition Cabinet, especially since Chancellor Kiesinger and his fellow Christian Democrats hope that they can win an outright majority next year and rule alone. In the coming months, the Grand Coalition will more and more become an arena in which Red and Black maneuver for favorable campaign positions...