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"'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"
DarthNader
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« on: September 04, 2011, 07:58:47 PM »
'64 was a couple of cycles before primaries became decisive in the nomination race (hence Humphrey's win in '68). I'm not even sure LBJ was formally on the ballot in a lot of places - I believe he was a write-in candidate in the NH primary (same as in '68). Also, Wallace could be written off at that point as a racial protest candidate, not somebody who represented broad dissatisfaction with Johnson.

I do agree that people tend to overstate the impact of a primary challenge. Carter probably would have lost without the Kennedy challenge, and Reagan's bid didn't seem to have any discernible impact on Ford.
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"'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"
DarthNader
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2011, 12:28:33 PM »
Quote from: Fast Drei Prozent on September 05, 2011, 11:23:37 AM
Bradley'00 or Dean'12 are nothing close to Reagan'76 or Kennedy'80.

Sitting veeps are almost always challenged for the nom. Not the same thing.
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