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Suddenly it’s clear. Add it up: George Meany says the Democratic Party has gone off the tracks, no longer speaks for the working man. . . . Democratic National Treasurer Robert Strauss agitates to get John Kenneth Galbraith off the Democratic Policy Council in Washington. . . . Hubert Humphrey calls on liberal Democrats to crack down on black revolutionists, white arsonists and bombers, campus insurgents. . . . The AFL-CIO in Connecticut withholds its endorsement from senatorial Democratic candidate Joseph Duffey, national chairman of ADA and prominent dove. . . . Socialist Party in New York endorses just about every Democratic candidate in the state but Dr. Bella Abzug because of her “ultraleftist positions” (she’s a New Politics-ite, is willing to go along with black separatism, is anti-Israel). What it adds up to is recognition by leading Democrats that the far-out position of much of the intellectual leadership of the party is not popular with the voters. . . . Socialist New America, in sober analysis of political situation, says the far-outness of the party has put the re-election of Sen. Harrison Williams (D., N.J.) in jeopardy, despite fact that Williams got 62 per cent in 1964, during the anti-Goldwater landslide. Same article says Joseph Tydings in Maryland (considered a sure thing six weeks ago) is in trouble, ditto Albert Gore in Tennessee. . . . Prospects for Lenore Romney in Michigan had looked bad when she just nosed out conservative Robert Huber in Republican primary Aug. 4, but latest polls show her moving up on Sen. Philip Hart. Why?, because ultraleft Michigan Democratic convention endorsed amnesty for draft dodgers, total U.S. pullout from Vietnam by Christmas and reparations to be paid to “unified Vietnam.” Although Hart repudiated the amnesty resolution the local party’s endorsement of it is working against him, Michigan politicos say.

Surprising poll in Massachusetts shows Republican Governor Francis Sargent most popular political figure in state. He got 71 per cent of the vote, 4 per cent more than Edward Kennedy. . . . Private poll taken by Nelson Rockefeller in New York (as reported by columnist Charles Barlett) shows Democratic senatorial candidate Richard Ottinger getting 35 per cent of vote, conservative James Buckley 31 per cent, incumbent Republican-Liberal Charles Goodell, a very poor 14 per cent. … In California, former Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel has jumped aboard the roaring Ronald Reagan bandwagon. Kuchel’s refusal to support George Murphy and Goldwater in ’64 and Reagan in ’66 cost him his Senate seat in ’68 when he lost in primary to Max Rafferty.

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Suddenly it’s clear. Add it up: George Meany says the Democratic Party has gone off the tracks, no longer speaks for the working man. . . . Democratic National Treasurer Robert Strauss agitates to get John Kenneth Galbraith off the Democratic Policy Council in Washington. . . . Hubert Humphrey calls on liberal Democrats to crack down on black revolutionists, white arsonists and bombers, campus insurgents. . . . The AFL-CIO in Connecticut withholds its endorsement from senatorial Democratic candidate Joseph Duffey, national chairman of ADA and prominent dove. . . . Socialist Party in New York endorses just about every Democratic candidate in the state but Dr. Bella Abzug because of her “ultraleftist positions” (she’s a New Politics-ite, is willing to go along with black separatism, is anti-Israel). What it adds up to is recognition by leading Democrats that the far-out position of much of the intellectual leadership of the party is not popular with the voters. . . . Socialist New America, in sober analysis of political situation, says the far-outness of the party has put the re-election of Sen. Harrison Williams (D., N.J.) in jeopardy, despite fact that Williams got 62 per cent in 1964, during the anti-Goldwater landslide. Same article says Joseph Tydings in Maryland (considered a sure thing six weeks ago) is in trouble, ditto Albert Gore in Tennessee. . . . Prospects for Lenore Romney in Michigan had looked bad when she just nosed out conservative Robert Huber in Republican primary Aug. 4, but latest polls show her moving up on Sen. Philip Hart. Why?, because ultraleft Michigan Democratic convention endorsed amnesty for draft dodgers, total U.S. pullout from Vietnam by Christmas and reparations to be paid to “unified Vietnam.” Although Hart repudiated the amnesty resolution the local party’s endorsement of it is working against him, Michigan politicos say.

Surprising poll in Massachusetts shows Republican Governor Francis Sargent most popular political figure in state. He got 71 per cent of the vote, 4 per cent more than Edward Kennedy. . . . Private poll taken by Nelson Rockefeller in New York (as reported by columnist Charles Barlett) shows Democratic senatorial candidate Richard Ottinger getting 35 per cent of vote, conservative James Buckley 31 per cent, incumbent Republican-Liberal Charles Goodell, a very poor 14 per cent. … In California, former Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel has jumped aboard the roaring Ronald Reagan bandwagon. Kuchel’s refusal to support George Murphy and Goldwater in ’64 and Reagan in ’66 cost him his Senate seat in ’68 when he lost in primary to Max Rafferty.