Election 1976, a look towards the conventions. Your host is political analyst richards gammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon. With me here in our studios in washington, stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we are going to try and talk with you about the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and maneuver and discussion and trying to get together various factions of the groups each to produce a candidate for Vice President in the fall. Backpose, when one looks at the primary season that began in february, closed on june 8 in california. As one looks back. There are two things that stand out. Jimmy carter, and the closeness of the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Steve, how would you evaluate this phenomenon. Heres governor of a middle sized state in the south and pretty well a sword of nomination as the first southerner since the civil war. How did he do it . Stephen it is a phenomenon, an incredible performance for who is that u
Election 1976, a look toward the conventions. Your host is political analyst Richard Scammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon. With me here in our studios in washington, stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we are going to try and talk with you about the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and maneuver and discussion and trying to get together various factions to produce a candidate for president and Vice President in the fall. I suppose really when one looks back on this primary season that newn back in february in hampshire, closed down in california and ohio and new jersey, as one looks back, there are two things really that stand out. The first is the rise of jimmy carter. The second, the closeness of the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Steve, how would you evaluate this carter phenomenon . Here is a man who was governor of a middle size state in the south. Pretty well assured the nomination, pretty well assured the nomina