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...Called Intrepid, Stevenson...
...other hand, Writer William Buckley argues in a column to be published this week: "The ideological coloration of one's running mate isn't a part of one's 'philosophy.' It is a matter of adaptation to political reality. Roosevelt had his Garner; Adlai Stevenson his Jim Crow running mate, John Sparkman; John Kennedy his Lyndon Johnson-it is a tradition as old as Jackson and Calhoun." The Buckley line was echoed by other sophisticated political augurs. It did not take into account, however, the fact that Reagan, unlike the other candidates mentioned, had spectacularly...
Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley had been pushing Stevenson, but accepted Carter's choice warmly. "I'm very happy with the ticket," said Daley. "In Illinois, it'll help." Basil Paterson, chairman of the Caucus of Black Democrats, described the caucus as "overwhelmingly enthusiastic...
...crowd. Thomas ("Tommy the Cork") Corcoran, an F.D.R. wonder boy, was reported by the newspapers to be in New York as the escort of the convention's chairwoman, Lindy Boggs. And somebody looked around the room at a party given by Arthur Schlesinger, Roosevelt historian, Stevenson partisan and Kennedy aide, and remarked, "Ah, we have here all the best minds...
...Rowe, a New Deal White House aide and party workhorse for Truman, Stevenson, Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey, got a floor pass and wandered out among the delegates while Hubert gave his short speech. "It's his last hurrah," thought Rowe to himself as he watched his friend on the podium and surveyed the unfamiliar faces around him. Then, he had another thought. "It is the last hurrah...