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After the Ohio vote came in, Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson released the 86 delegates that Daley's machine had won for him as a favorite son. George Wallace urged his 168 delegates to support Carter. If all those delegates voted for Carter, he would have the 1,505 needed to nominate. Scoop Jackson and Frank Church were expected to endorse him soon...
...Senators who do are Ohio's John Glenn and Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Hero Glenn, who radiates waves of integrity, has large voter appeal but only two years of Senate experience. Stevenson offers more intellectual resources. Like Glenn, he would help deliver his home state, although Stevenson is considered a dreary campaigner...
...Called Intrepid, Stevenson...
...every inch of the way for four years, could make the Mayor go to any lengths to destroy Thompson in November. Howlett defeated Walker by crushing him in Chicago, but downstate Walker carried almost every county. Howlett will need help down there if he is to triumph over Thompson. Stevenson is very popular in southern Illinois. If Daley honestly thinks his name on the ballot will give Howlett a boost, he might do just about anything in his power to get Carter to choose Stevenson...
Adlai himself would have some input, of course; even now he is no Daley puppet. Stevenson is known to lean toward the Humphrey-Muskie wing of the party (Daley, on the other hand, dislikes Humphrey). Additionally, there is some reason to believe Stevenson might not yearn to be vice-president. But providing he would accept, it is conceivable Daley might try to pull the whole thing...