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While they disagreed over what exactly happened that February day in 1972, all now agree that Edmund S. Muskie's emotional outburst that snowy morning helped to ruin his presidential bid....
How Ed Muskie’s Disastrous Presidential Campaign Changed Maine Politics Forever. Wiping away what may or may not have been tears, the Maine senator and brief presidential front-runner dooms his primary chances — while shaping a generation of Maine leaders.
Feb 9, 2020 · Published by the arch-conservative Manchester Union Leader less than two weeks before the New Hampshire primary, the letter alleged that Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (D-Maine), then the front-runner for...
Feb 1, 1987 · Saturday night, CBS News had an arresting clip of the event, which Roger Mudd introduced by saying that Muskie, after denouncing Loeb, “suddenly became emotional and found it dif- ficult to...
As Muskie made an emotional speech, some journalists saw tears running down his face; others thought it was melting snow. Whatever the truth, the reports of crying on the trail derailed...
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Apr 28, 1972 · Some in or close to his campaign ascribed his collapse to a “nice” but weak staff, Mr. Muskie's shortage of stamina, his lackluster television effort, even to the memorable snowy morning in New...
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Dec 5, 2018 · As the Democratic National Convention ended on Aug. 29, 1968, and the presidential campaign kicked off, many believed that the Democratic ticket — Hubert Humphrey running for president and U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie ’36 of Maine for vice president — was dead on arrival.
