re - Jeff B and Marty J
I too question the view that Humphrey would have ended the was so quickly
if elected. His personal history of immense opportunism comes to mind. I also
question the view that the New Left's turn to revolutionism played a
significant part in his defeat. Humphrey defeated Humphrey. He could not
control the Mayor of Chicago during the convention or LBJ - hence the police
rioting. And then Humphrey delayed his announcing a different and better
position on the war than that of the Johnson administration. When he finally
announced his new position he began
gaining in the polls. He lost but the view was (at the time,) that if he had
had the guts to break with LBJ earlier he would have won. Ofcourse as a
winner he might have sold out. That was the HHH way.
Stew Albert
http://hometown.aol.com/stewa/stew.html
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