Word: steingut
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Dates: during 1964-1964
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...that he had spent more time in New York than anywhere else, Bobby was Massachusetts-born and -oriented, and a resident of Virginia besides. But he knew where the power was, quickly lined up New York's Democratic bosses behind him, notably Buffalo's Peter Crotty, Brooklyn's Stanley Steingut, and Charlie Buckley of The Bronx. New York's Mayor Robert Wagner, reluctantly, also fell into line...
When Kennedy originally expressed interest in running, the first to support him were New York's Democratic party bosses--Buckley, Steingut, English, Powell and Crotty. But he declined to enter under their aegis--pledging instead that he would battle for continued party democratization and reform. In no way has he reneged or indicated he might renege on his promise...