Podgy the Bear
mollybecky
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« on: September 16, 2015, 08:15:14 PM » |
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When Ted Kennedy declined to run in 1984, that put Mondale in the driver's seat for the nomination. Gary Hart probably picked up a lot of the Kennedy '80 vote but not all of it. After all, Kennedy did endorse Mondale.
Hart made a good race of it (winning several late primaries such as California and Ohio), but Mondale was just too strong with the unions--helping him with the nomination but of little benefit in the general election.
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