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NEWS ABOUT: George McGovern

George McGovern stories: 12 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 Kennedy's 
 Senate Class 
 Full of Lions 

Giants abound in 88th Senate

Aug 27, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no wonder Ted Kennedy became a lion of the Senate, writes Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight.com: he learned from the best. Kennedy began his first full term with the 88th Congress in 1963, and the list of senators sworn in alongside him contains “a safari’s worth... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Barry Goldwater • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Strom Thurmond • Robert Byrd • Fulbright

(Newser) - A lot of things would have been better in America if Walter Cronkite had been elected vice president in 1972, writes Frank Mankiewicz in the Washington Post, and it could have happened. Mankiewicz was the political director for George McGovern’s campaign, and, “armed with a poll showing... More »

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presidential campaign • Richard Nixon • vice president • Vietnam War • George McGovern • Walter Cronkite • vice presidential candidate • Frank Mankiewicz • 1972 • Thomas Eagleton

OPINION

 McGovern to Obama: 
 Call 'Time-Out on War' 

War not the best solution to terrorism, ex-candidate argues

Jan 22, 09 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - George McGovern would like to take the “war” out of the war on terror. The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, writing in the Washington Post, cautions President Obama against diving headlong into Afghanistan, a battleground that has broken two empires already. “Let me suggest a truly audacious hope for... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • terrorism • war • George McGovern • war of ideas • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama

Analysis

 Aspirations Dashed, 
 Mac May Actually Be Helpful 

Others have vowed to help victorious opponent, but GOP senator really might

Dec 15, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Every losing presidential candidate pledges to put aside partisanship and help the new president govern, but John McCain might be the first to actually do it, writes Steve Kornacki in the New York Observer. McCain is still in office, yet, at 72, “has absolutely no illusions about ever running... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • John Kerry • Bob Dole • George McGovern • President Obama

opinion

 McGovern: Save the Party, 
 Campaign Together 

Former Democratic nominee proposes joint tour to heal rift

May 13, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Divisions among Democrats have killed the party’s presidential chances on more than one occasion, and it must not happen this time, writes George McGovern in the New York Times . The 1972 Democratic nominee—who recently switched his endorsement to Barack Obama—offers a plan to unite the party: Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • George McGovern • Democratic Party • Election 2008

McGovern Flips to Obama,
Urges Hillary to Drop Out

But camp reveals event on economy, signaling she'll stick around 

May 7, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Top Hillary Clinton backer and former Democratic nominee George McGovern is switching his endorsement to Barack Obama—and urging Hillary to step aside, the AP reports. McGovern said it was now all but impossible for Clinton to prevail; the party’s choice in 1972, he said he would call Bill... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • George McGovern • superdelegates • West Virginia primary

OPINION

 Is Barack on the Rocks? 

Punditry ponders electability gaps, buyer's remorse, next moves for Obama

Apr 23, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - How bad is the Pennsylvania result for Team Obama and what does it mean going forward? Three writers think it through:
  • “He can’t finish her off,” says Dan Kennedy in the Guardian. Obama scooped up presumptive-nominee status too soon, and now Americans have “buyer’s
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • George McGovern • blue-collar vote • Pennsylvania primary • Indiana primary

OPINION

McGovern? Hart? Dems May Yet Repeat Sorry History

Obama and Clinton reliving party's history of not being able to get out of its own way

Apr 21, 08 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The postwar legacy of Democratic candidates is one of failure, Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon, with so many lost campaigns that any seasoned observer could lay out sorry futures for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Whether Obama and Clinton are McGovern and Muskie or Hart and Mondale, the party's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • George McGovern • Democratic Party • Gary Hart • Walter Mondale • Edmund Muskie

Clinton's Texas Roots—Are They Too Old?

Young voters, arcane system may rob her
of decisive win

Feb 18, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's deep Texan ties may win her next month's primary, but only if young voters feel the same bond, the Washington Post reports. Her romance with the state dates back 35 years and has won her a base “broader than in any other state that I can think... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Latino voters • caucus • George McGovern • Texas primary

OPINION

McGovern: Oust Bush, Cheney

Former Dem. nominee rails against duo's 'high crimes and misdemeanors'

Jan 6, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Now is the time to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney, declares former Democratic nominee George McGovern in a passionate, if quixotic, plea in the Washington Post. The duo have committed a plethora of "high crimes and misdemeanors," says McGovern, including illegal wiretapping, systematic torture, and substantial... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Dick Cheney • torture • Watergate • Bush impeachment • impeachment • Richard Nixon • warrantless wiretapping • George McGovern • Nixon impeachment • domestic wiretapping • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Would-Be Wallace Killer
Walks Free

Shooter served
35 years for 1972 assassination attempt

Nov 9, 07 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who tried to assassinate George Wallace in 1972 walked free from prison today after serving 35 years of his 53-year sentence. Arthur Bremer opened fire on the Alabama governor as he campaigned for president in Maryland, leaving him paralyzed. Before he died in 1998, the onetime segregationist wrote... More »

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Secret Service • Richard Nixon • parole • George Wallace • Arthur Bremer • George McGovern • assassination attempt

‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ
Grow War

Schlesinger diaries depict liberal flight as prez sought heroism

Sep 29, 07 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Johnson’s motives for escalating the Vietnam War were “psychological and political rather than military,” wrote insider Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The former Kennedy hand documented the flight of top liberals from LBJ, even as he psychoanalyzed the president’s 1966-1967 decision to play “the war to... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • Vietnam War • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • Dick Goodwin • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Averell Harriman

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