johnpressman
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« on: March 17, 2007, 01:52:57 AM » |
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I believe Nixon ran a BRILLIANT campaign in 1968, a campaign that was run exactly opposite to the 1960
race. Nixon remained low-key with scripted "town meeting" type TV commercials showing him in a calm and relaxed manner, talking with "supporters". His 1960 campaign was a one man show where he drove himself to exhaustion, travelling to in all 50 states.
I agree with the concept that, had the election been held a week later, Humphrey would have won. I was at the rally in Madison Square Garden on Halloween when the bombing halt in Vietnam was announced to the crowd by former Governor Dewey. This "October Surprise" made an easy victory by Nixon into a close race. Humphrey was slipping behind Wallace until Gen. Curtis Lemay's remarks derailed the Wllace campaign. The stage was set for Nixon in 1968, just as it was for Carter in 1976 and Reagan in 1980.
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