4. Oh, it was a sure thing...He had it wrapped up in 1976.....
Then his wife was attacked in print and he was so angry and emotional there were tears. That killed him.
Gary Hart was also a lock in 1988 before he challenged the press to catch him in infidelity. Earlier that year, the consensus had been that the nomination was Mario Cuomo's for the taking-all he had to do was run. Sadly, he didn't.
6. You're right on Muskie, the incident of his.....
Edited on Tue Mar-07-06 08:23 PM by Rowdyboy
crying ws in 1972. Sorry. Carter/Kennedy was in 1980. There really was no front-runner in 1976 that I remember, though Ted Kennedy was hyped as a sure thing if he got in the race.
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