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Well, maybe he’s weathered this one. But wait for the Hustler interview.

A few days before New York’s April 6 presidential primary, candidate Carter berated attempts to keep names off the New York ballot as “a horrible example of gross political bossism.” On September 20, lawyers for the New York Democratic machine, under orders from the Democratic National Committee, initiated proceedings to keep Eugene McCarthy’s name off the New York ballot in November. McCarthy, pollsters say, could get as much as 7 per cent of the New York vote. Carter, the pollsters also say leads Ford by only 4 per cent in New York. Hence the need for a salutary example of gross political bossism.

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Well, maybe he’s weathered this one. But wait for the Hustler interview.

A few days before New York’s April 6 presidential primary, candidate Carter berated attempts to keep names off the New York ballot as “a horrible example of gross political bossism.” On September 20, lawyers for the New York Democratic machine, under orders from the Democratic National Committee, initiated proceedings to keep Eugene McCarthy’s name off the New York ballot in November. McCarthy, pollsters say, could get as much as 7 per cent of the New York vote. Carter, the pollsters also say leads Ford by only 4 per cent in New York. Hence the need for a salutary example of gross political bossism.