The Northern California Story.

Senator Goldwater is winning in California in spite of a herky-jerky campaign. He has acquired the finesse which makes him thoroughly engaging on the hustings. His speeches have slowly improved, though his scattershot approach still lacks impact and eloquence. He is more at home here than back East, and the chemical reaction between himself and his audiences shows it.

Northern California is Goldwater’s incubus. In fact, if it were not for the steaming campaign in the Los Angeles area, his position would be precarious. San Francisco is anything but Goldwater territory, and Alameda County, across the bay, is even less so. In Oakland and Berkeley the remnants of the Earl Warren machine and the ideological emanations from the University of California militate against conservative politics.