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Galvanic Effect. Despite the fact that L.B.J. was a write-in candidate while his challenger's name was printed on the ballot, the narrowness of the President's lead amounted in all but figures to a victory for McCarthy. "I think I can get the nomination," the Senator said later. "I'm ahead now. There's no point in being anything but optimistic." His showing had a galvanic effect, particularly on the legions of enthusiastic students who poured into New Hampshire to help him (see box opposite). Outside his once moribund New York offices appeared...
...heavy turnout of 104,000 G.O.P. voters, he gained 78% of the total votes following a campaign masterfully geared to exhibit the former Vice President as the nation's youngest elder statesman. New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, whose cause was belatedly promoted by a haphazard write-in campaign after the abrupt exit of Michigan Governor George Romney, won only 11% of the vote, an unspectacular showing that some Republicans thought might possibly have condemned him to the political penumbra...
...reasons for Nixon's increased pace were clear. He had to maintain interest in the contest so unkindly rendered meaningless by George Romney's withdrawal. He needed more than ever to hold the spotlight lest it wander to the late-blooming Rockefeller write-in campaign. And looking beyond New Hampshire, he had to sustain the momentum that so far has put him ahead in the competition for the Republican nomination...
...Johnson in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. The size of McCarthy's vote not only reflected mounting feeling against the war in Vietnam, but was a genuine tribute to the Minnesota Senator's singularly graceful, straightforward campaign style. McCarthy's showing was also partly the result of the clumsy write-in run by the President's backers--an inept performance typical of the confused, out-of-touch condition of the Democratic national leadership...
...Republican write-in for Senator Eugene J. McCarthy came in third behind Rockefeller with about 3 per cent of the GOP vote. Gov. George Romney, who withdrew from the 1968 presidential sweepstakes two weeks ago, lagged in a poor fourth with about 2 per cent...