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Mondav. October 30.1972
University Daily Kansan
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Demo Defection Widespread But Delicate
By DENNIS LINGLE Kansan Staff Writer
Who would have thought that the son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, would vote for Obama? If you believe FDR might have?
The younger Roosevelt ex-
panded from the Democracies and
McGovern this year in an inter-
view with the New York
"Men on the Democratic ticket would be hard pressed to join us openly, although some are reluctant. "What we’re doing is—when the polls show 38 per cent of Democrats disgusted with McGovern, that’s 20 million people," he said. "We got a mass movement away from the ticket—when you’ve got that many people who feel that strongly, you want to have an open-minded audience, which these people can belong."
But an organization made up of turncoat Democrats can create a great many more enemies for the Democrats, who blocks the Democrats to severely
IT'S A DELICATE situation, and according to Newsweek observers, "The President will not actively campaign for any Republican legislators for fear of them." And he is resentment that might cost him some Democratic votes for his own candidacy."
CONNALLY's organization is the first movement of defection across party lines to reach the magnitude it has. George Christian former press secretary for Lyndon Johnson and his son, Alder, joined the New York Times reason for the phenomenon.
"You have to be careful in a thing like this (Democratic party) when you talk to me," Christian said. "Different people have different reasons for being with us. Some of our people are angry because we want to get McGovern. They don't want to feel they've joined a bunch that's hurting the Democratic party, as
"Father always said, 'Look I've supported Republicans when I thought they had the better man,' and that I'm 'much worse than that.'" said said.
Connally said he was still a Democrat, but he explained his reason for leaving the party because it is a political party is either the beneficiary of its leadership or the victim. In 1972 (the Democratic Party) has been criticized.
This organized plan for defection from party affiliation was Connally's idea from the start.
Roosevelt's endorsement of Nixon not only has been a person of distinction, but also spearhead in John Connally's organization. Democrats for
The Democrats for Nixon maintains that it had about 7,000 members a month ago. But many of these members are politicians, sports figures and movie stars who follow them to the ballot box.
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But the committee has been calculating its next political and geographical moves.
"We'll skip the South," said Christian. "We're good there anyhow. We'll not do much in the Rocky Mountain states, but in Utah we might be the big industrial states, in California we're organizing."
Connally's strategicists have set their sights on the big city vote—that is, where they can win. They will concentrate their efforts on the urban areas of Los Angeles and the industrial areas
THE LIST OF notables rambles into a name-dropping exercise. Among the membership of Mickey Mantle, Melvin F. Charlson Heston, Debbie Reynolds and Frank Sinatra.
and 'Mendigah.' If the committee can organi-
rapely lead a successful visit, it will assure a landslide victory for Nixon Nov. 7. By gaining the support of a large percentage of Democrats in the states with the largest population, Nixon won't be able to House to do his campaigning.
THE ISSUES on which the committee is focusing include high school Eagleton affair, his change of plans on football and baseball spending, and in
But despite all of Christian strategies, the supposed "weak issues of McGovern and more than $0.000 scooped up in the election, there is existence from wealthy sources, the Gallup poll indicates that half of the 35 to 43 per cent of the electorate are be swapped back to McGovern.
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St. Mary's Cultural Center in St. Mary's, Kan., and the Greater Washington Association, which makes loans available to students and faculty members having financial problems, receive portions of the money.
MeGovern hopes he can capitalize on the committee by drawing attention to "Connally's campaign" towards maires to score populist points.
"The Republicans are welcome to him (Conally) as long as we have the people on our side," McGovern said.
Undoubtedly, McGovern hopes that the people in this case are the "sof" votes.
McGovern also is counting on a backlash from the old-line Democrats to develop from Connally's defection. Former Sen. Ralph Yarborough of Texas would have been caused "a resentment that will spur (old-line Democrats) to go out and work for the ticket."
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After 102,238 games, Ward said that Acacia had won 50,230 games to 49,038 games won by Alpha Chi Omega.
CONNALLY ASSERTS that by establishing the Democrats for Nixon he is not trying to set a precedent for future campaigns. The only thing that election is the only one that would force him to cross party lines.
The project sponsored by Acacia fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority, fell $40 below the annual salary of Rodney Ward, Topea sophomore and project chairman, said he was certain that Acacia and Alpha Chi Omega sorority joined project Santa again next year.
Ward said the money collected would be distributed among the Lawrence Christmas Bureau, which buys gifts for children who normally would not have a job and two other organizations.
He goes so far as to direct his efforts toward the Nixon campaign and no local Rpublican candidates. In fact, Connally has endorsed the Democratic candidate Harold "Barefoot" Sanders, who is running against Sen. John Tower, an Nixon favorite.
"The only casualties we had were cold hands and bodies," he said.
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