Word: democratically
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California, where moderate Democrat John Tunney is expected to win the seat currently occupied by conservative George Murphy...
...YORK. For weeks, Democrat Arthur Goldberg's campaign had pleased only his opponents-and New York insomniacs. Attempting to unseat three-term Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller, the pompous and verbose Goldberg inspired only an apt characterization that is a campaign cliche: "Yesterday I spent a week with Arthur Goldberg." But things began to steam last week as the usually decorous Goldberg responded to a Rockefeller charge with the earthy observation that "Rockefeller is full of bullshit." Pardon? "You can quote me," fumed Goldberg to startled reporters. "I want you to quote...
Rockefeller had brought Goldberg to a boil by charging that his foe had promised a $70,000-a-year job to a leading New York Democrat in exchange for a Goldberg endorsement. Clearly startled by the fury of Goldberg's reply, Rockefeller said, "I did not mean it in a disparaging or derogatory...
...FLORIDA. Democratic chances to take over a large state's gubernatorial chair now occupied by a Republican seem unexpectedly bright in Florida. Rambunctious and resilient Governor Claude Kirk split the party when he lured rejected Supreme Court Nominee G. Harrold Carswell into a Republican primary for the Senate, whereas Democrats are displaying uncommon unity behind Reubin Askew, a teetotaling Presbyterian elder whose favorite "hobby," he says, is going to church. Askew accuses Kirk of "government by crisis," inept fiscal management and a 45% increase in property taxes. Kirk's counterthrusts are characteristic: Askew is an ultra liberal...
Broom Wielding. In these and numerous other races this year, the outcome may hinge on quixotic turns. In Texas, bumbling incumbent Democrat Preston Smith was conducting a listless campaign until a broom-wielding student approached him on a speakers' platform at the University of Houston. In Massachusetts, Democrat Kevin White aroused the interest of the electorate not at all until he went into the hospital with a perforated stomach ulcer. Smith is the favorite in Texas, and White's physical and political health are both reported improving...