Camelot Anew

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	Re: Camelot Anew « Reply #100 on: September 05, 2017, 08:23:32 PM »
	« edited: April 07, 2018, 10:02:36 PM by maineiac4434🌲 »

"And that was that...1969 ended, 1970 dawned, and the midterm campaigns kicked off. President Kennedy's attempts to push through a federal Department of Education were thwarted by gridlock and cowardice from Democrats, afraid of further increasing federal power, stymied him in committees. The President himself embarked on a month-long tour of Europe, where he was greeted by crowds of thousands. He visited the Berlin Wall with Chancellor Willy Brandt in 1970, evoking his brother. He returned to South Africa, though the South African government had tried everything possible to make the most powerful man in the world ignore their tiny racist oasis on the southern tip of the dark continent.

"He had, of course, visited in 1966 and gave one of his all time great speeches to the National Union of South African Students. He again returned to Cape Town, and again touched on many of the same issues as he had in 1966. Indeed, the government of Jacobus Johannes Fouché had nearly refused to allow the President into the country at all. His speech was attended by hundreds, packed to the rafters in the largest lecture hall in the university. Thousands more waited outside."

Imperceptible though they may seem, the Ripples of Hope are turning into giant waves, and one day the wave will crash down on this government, and a government by the people from the people and for the people, all the people, shall ring from the cliffs of the Cape to the plains of Highveld, from the farms of Gauteng to the streets of Port Elizabeth, from the sands of the Karoo to the forests of Natal!

"Conservatives in the US, of course, did not like the President's anti-Pretoria stance. They viewed South Africa as a crucial anticommunist ally, and one of a precious few supporters of Israel on the continent. It was no surprise that the next week, when the President visited Israel for the first time, he was met with hostility by some.

"Governor Ronald Reagan of California was one of the President's most fervent critics, and many thought he would launch a campaign for the Republican nomination for the President of the United States. We were shocked when the Governor quashed that speculation in the early summer of 1970:

I will not seek, nor will I accept, my party's nomination for President of the United States in 1972.

"With the biggest challenger now out of the picture, the President coasted through much of the rest of the year, with high approvals, despite getting little of his agenda done. The White House was confident of reelection in 1972. There were protests, but no one was killed or injured. South and North Vietnam went back to playing brinksmanship as the South quieted following the protests of the 1969 election. The Apollo project was going swimmingly, and Democrats were posed to do well in the forthcoming midterm elections. President Kennedy campaigned for many Democrats around the country, and on election night, there were few surprises."
-Excerpt from Journals, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Penguin Press, 2007

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MAINEiac4434
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	Re: Camelot Anew « Reply #101 on: September 05, 2017, 09:14:40 PM »
	« Edited: May 08, 2018, 09:04:03 PM by maineiac4434🌲 »

"Good morning, I'm Barbra Walters, and this is Today, November 4, 1970.

"The midterm elections last night were an unsurprising victory for the Democratic Party last night; let's go through the races:

In the Alaska special election, nominated Republican Ted Stevens wins election to the full term.

In Arizona, Republican Paul Fannin is reelected.

In California, Democrat John V. Tunney won over the incumbent Republican George Murphy, a gain for the Democrats.

In Connecticut, an odd race: incumbent Democrat Thomas Dodd lost the Democratic Party's nomination, and mounted an independent campaign. The split Democratic vote results in a gain for the GOP, behind Lowell Weicker.

In Delaware, incumbent Republican John Williams retired, and the Republicans hold the seat with William V. Roth.

In Florida, incumbent Democrat Spressard Holland retired, and the Democrats hold this seat with Lawton Chiles.

In Hawaii, incumbent Republican Hiram Fong narrowly won reelection.

In the Illinois special election, Democrat Adlai Stevenson III won and defeated nominated Republican Ralph Tyler Smith.

In Indiana, the seat formerly held by Secretary of State Vance Hartke, nominated Republican Richard Roudebush wins election to the full term.

In Maine, incumbent Democrat Edmund S. Muskie won reelection overwhelmingly.

In Maryland, incumbent Democrat Joseph Tydings narrowly won reelection.

In Massachusttes, incumbent Democrat Edward M. Kennedy easily wins reelection.

In Michigan, incumbent Democrat Philip Hart wins reelection.

In Minnesota, incumbent Democrat Eugene McCarthy somewhat surprisingly retired, and he was replaced by former Vice President and former holder of Minnesota's other seat, Hubert H. Humphrey, in a hold for the Democrats.

In Mississippi, incumbent Democrat John C. Stennis faced no Republican opposition, but did see an independent take nearly 12% of the vote. Unfortunately for the independent, Stennis took 88% and the election.

In Missouri, incumbent Democrat and vocal supporter of the White House agenda Stuart Symington won reelection narrowly.

In Montana, Democratic leader Mike Mansfield won reelection.

In Nebraska, incumbent Republican Roman Hruska narrowly lost reelection to Governor Frank B. Morrison, a gain for the Democrats.

In New Jersey, incumbent Democrat Harrison Williams won reelection.

In New Mexico, incumbent Democrat Joseph Montoya won reelection

In New York, in President Kennedy's old Senate seat, one of the mos interesting senate races in the country: incumbent Republican Charles Goodell has won election to a full term with less than 40% of the vote; the Conservative Party of New York, which usually backs the Republican nominee but not in this case, nominated longtime right-wing activist James Buckley, who took a quarter of the vote. Democrat Richard Ottinger threatened to split the liberal vote, as Goodell is seen as a liberal Republican, and finished in a close second behind Goodell.

In North Dakota, incumbent Democrat Quentin Burdick won reelection.

In Ohio, incumbent Democrat Stephen M. Young retired and his seat was held by the Democrats with Howard Metzenbaum.

In Pennsylvania, incumbent Republican Hugh Scott won reelection.

In Rhode Island, incumbent Democrat John O. Pastore won reelection overwhelmingly.

In Tennessee, incumbent Democrat Albert Gore, Sr., won reelection.

In Texas, Attorney General Ralph Yarborough's old seat was up, and the nominated incumbent Democrat Lloyd Bentsen won election to the full term.

In Utah, incumbent Democrat Frank Moss won reelection.

In Virginia, another odd race: incumbent Democrat Harry Byrd left the Democratic Party, and overwhelmingly won reelection against a Democrat and a Republican. Some Republicans have criticized Governor Linwood Holton's insistence on running a candidate in the race, arguing that the party should've backed Byrd. Holton, a liberal Republican, resisted backing the conservative ex-Democrat.

In Washington, Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson has won reelection.

In West Virginia, incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won reelection.

In Wyoming, incumbent Democrat Gale McGee won reelection.

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MAINEiac4434
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	Re: Camelot Anew « Reply #102 on: September 05, 2017, 10:47:06 PM »
	« Edited: October 31, 2017, 07:59:16 PM by Al Franken/Chris Murphy 2020 »

And now for the races for governors mansions throughout the nation:

In Alabama, incumbent Democrat Albert Brewer was defeated in the gubernatorial primary by former Governor George Wallace, who won this race overwhelmingly for the Democrats. Brewer succeeded Wallace's late wife, Lurleen, who had served as Governor from 1967 to 1968 before her death.

In Alaska, Democrat William Egan won over incumbent Republican Kieth Miller, a gain for the Democrats.

In Arizona, Democrat Raul Hector Castro narrowly gained this seat for his party by defeating incumbent Republican Jack Williams, by a margin of less than a thousand votes.

In Arkansas, incumbent Republican Winthrop Rockefeller was defeated by Democrat Dale Bumpers.

In California, incumbent Republican Ronald Reagan won reelection.

In Colorado, incumbent Republican John Arthur Love won reelection.

In Connecticut, Democrat Emilio Q. Daddario narrowly won the open seat.

In Florida, Democrat Reubin Askew won, defeating incumbent Republican Claude Kirk.

In Georgia, Democrat Jimmy Carter has held the open seat for the Democrats.

In Hawaii, incumbent Democrat John A. Burns won reelection.

In Idaho, Democrat Cecil D. Andrus won, defeating incumbent Republican Don Samuelson.

In Iowa, incumbent Republican Robert D. Ray won reelection.

In Kansas, incumbent Democrat Robert Docking won reelection.

In Maine, incumbent Democrat Ken Curtis won reelection in one of the narrowest races in the country; Curtis defeated his Republican opponent by under 2,000 votes.

In Maryland, Democrat Marvin Mandel won, defeating Republican incumbent Spiro Agnew.

In Massachusetts, Democrat and Boston Mayor Kevin H. White defeated incumbent Republican John A. Volpe.

In Michigan, Democrat Sander Levin won, defeating Republican incumbent William Milliken.

In Minnesota, Democrat Wendell Anderson won the open seat.

In Nebraska, Democrat J. James Exon won, defeating Republican incumbent Norbert Tiemann.

In Nevada, Democrat Mike O'Callaghan won the open seat.

In New Hampshire, incumbent Republican Meldrim Thomson won reelection.

In New Mexico, incumbent Democrat Fabian Chavez was reelected.

In New York, incumbent Republican Nelson Rockefeller won reelection.

In Ohio, an odd race: incumbent Republican Jim Rhodes was term limited, and the original Democrat challenging Republican Roger Cloud dropped out due to health issues; Freshman Democratic Senator John J. Gilligan was drafted into running for Governor, only two years into his six-year Senate term. Gilligan ended up winning the open seat.

In Oklahoma, Republican Dewey F. Bartlett won reelection narrowly.

In Oregon, Republican Tom McCall won reelection.

In Pennsylvania, Democrat Milton Shapp won the open seat.

In Rhode Island, Republican Herbert DeSimone narrowly won, defeating incumbent Democrat Frank Licht.

In South Carolina, Democrat John C. West held the open seat over Republican Albert Watson. Watson was criticized for running a segregationist campaign.

In Tennessee, Republican Winfield Dunn held the open seat.

In Texas, Democrat Preston Smith won reelection.

In Vermont, Republican Deane Davis won reelection.

In Wisconsin, incumbent Democrat Bronson Cutting La Follette won reelection.

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