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dc_dux · 02-16-2008, 09:30 AM

Hubert Humphrey in '68.

When the campaign started, he was intending to be LBJ's running mate again. When LBJ shockingly lost the first primary in NH to Eugene McCarthy (on his anti-war platform), he dropped out of the race. By that time, it was too late for HHH to enter any primaries (it was after the filing deadlines)

McCarthy and RFK split the prirmaries until RFK's assassination....and HHH won most of the delegates at the convention from the majority of the states that did not have primaries back then. (primaries did not become commonplace until the next election).

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dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Hubert Humphrey in '68. When the campaign started, he was intending to be LBJ's running mate again. When LBJ shockingly lost the first primary in NH to Eugene McCarthy (on his anti-war platform), he dropped out of the race. By that time, it was too late for HHH to enter any primaries (it was after the filing deadlines) McCarthy and RFK split the prirmaries until RFK's assassination....and HHH won most of the delegates at the convention from the majority of the states that did not have primaries back then. (primaries did not become commonplace until the next election). __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 02-16-2008 at 09:32 AM..