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One of the great ironies of American politics is that George McGovern, one of the most misinterpreted and misunderstood men ever to seek the presidency, was also perhaps one of the most intelligent and far-sighted. Sadly, he is generally remembered for his landslide defeat to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential contest. The stigma of that defeat has often overshadowed McGovern's otherwise influential and respectable career in politics. Richard Michael Marano shows that despite his infamous defeat, McGovern-very much a man of high principles-stood tall and spoke his conscience when he decided in 1983 that he would again run for the presidency. While his candidacy was at first seen by many as a pathetic attempt by a political has-been to relive past glories, McGovern quickly proved his critics wrong by running a solid, admirable campaign.
In an era of conservatism, McGovern offered the American voter a clear alternative to the politics of Ronald Reagan, and his campaign helped guide the Democratic candidates onto a platform based on substantive issues and common sense ideas. Marano, a McGovern activist in the Connecticut campaign, provides an inside, yet detailed and documented, account of McGovern's last play on the national stage and all that went into it. This book is an in-depth analysis of the 1984 Democratic campaign, as well as a detailed discussion of George McGovern's common sense program for America.
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Prologue
Introduction: A Visit with the Ghost of Elections Past
The New Right and the Old Paranoia: Senate Defeat
The Decision to Run: Quixotic or Common Sense
This Land Is Your Land: The Press Reaction
On the Road Again
The McGovern Platform: Realism and Common Sense
This Land Is My Land: Iowa
New Hampshire on a Shoestring
Super Tuesday: Massachusetts or Bust
The Peacemaker
Appendices
End Notes
Acknowledgments
Info autore
RICHARD MICHAEL MARANO is a judge of the Superior Court in Connecticut. Among his earlier publications are
Connecticut Criminal Legal Forms and
Growing Up Italian and American in Waterbury with Sando Bologna.
