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SOME OF THE loyalists, to be sure, have not yet given up the 1972 ship. At least not publicly. Campaign spokesmen maintain they are still optimistic. ‘‘The governor was entered in 14 primaries before the shooting/’ says Press DirectorJoe Aspel. “He won six of them andcame in second in six more. Until the assassination attempt, he had received more popular votes than either George McGovern or Hubert Humphrey. Wethink this record deserves a full hearing at the convention, and we think people will react favorably.”wPersonally, Aspel adds, “I can't believe the Democrats will swallow thisMcGovern. I just can't believe it. I’vebeen all around talking to people, black and white, and while I don’t say they are necessarily for George Wallace, they are for damn sure against George McGovern. That man scares people. If he's nominated, I think Richard Nixon will have the election in the bag.”So stiff are some of the upper lips at Wallace headquarters, in fact, that a scenario of the “Wallace election” has been worked out. As Charles Snider hopes it will happen: McGovern will fail on the first and second ballots of the Democratic convention, and drop away. Humphrey
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Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 11, 1972
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