Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@DemocraticLuntz One quarter of the 1968 delegates — according to @EKamarck in her “Primary Politics” — were chosen in 1967. They were organization soldiers and not free agents. Many of them also supported the Vietnam War and disliked long-haired demonstrators. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2021

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

No. I spent a lot of time wading through news clips a while back — and I concluded that Humphrey’s lead in delegates was unassailable. — PolitiTweet.org

Had he survived, would Robert Kennedy have been nominated and elected President in 1968?

Posted March 14, 2021

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@SendStephen Oh, they would have tried everything at the convention from rules challenges to platform fights to credentials challenges. I just don't think that the votes were there for any of these gambits to have worked. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2021