What do Obama/Clinton, Kennedy/Johnson. Nixon/Rockefellar have in common?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reese-schonfeld/what-do-obamaclinton-kenn_b_101559.html

It was forty-eight years ago in West Virginia that John Kennedy won the state primary and proved that a Catholic could carry an overwhelmingly Protestant state. That victory assured him of a huge lead over Lyndon Johnson going into the Democratic Convention, but no one suggested that Johnson withdraw from the race.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one still alive who covered the 1960 Conventions.

There was much ugliness at the Democratic Convention. Delegates with Masonic pins in their lapels walked up and down aisles buttonholing other delegates, saying that they and most Americans would never vote for a Catholic. They congratulated governors and senators who stood as favorite sons holding off a Kennedy majority. The governors and senators seemed distressed, but they held firm and no one suggested that Johnson withdraw from the race.

Those were the days when political bosses still controlled state delegations and the key figure was Dave Lawrence who ran the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania. Lawrence, a Catholic himself, was concerned that putting a Catholic at the head of the ticket would drag the Democratic Party to defeat in Pennsylvania. Most of my time was spent waiting fro Lawrence to make a decision. When he finally announced for

:P

Seriously, Clinton isn't out of the running by any means; I think there are many worse choices out there.

Are you making some kind of veiled threat here?

forward slash in the middle. :shrug:

;)

:rofl:

I don't hate the idea. I was never a "Hillary hater." I've just been extremely mad at her these past couple of weeks.