it happened ask Mickey

Morris Udall was nominated by

Archibald Cox,

a Harvard Professor who had become a hero to much of the nation when he was fired by President Richard Nixon as the special prosecutor investigating Watergate.------------[Richard Reeves' Convention excerpt]--------Udall then took advantage of the Convention rules to get his message on television by seconding his own nomination.  It was a witty, gracious speech, bringing tears to the eyes of many delegates who had worked for him for more than a year, and offering Jimmy Carter more comfort than Udall felt: 

"This is a good man.  When he says he'll beat you, he beats you fair and square." 

On the 21st floor of the Americana, Jody Powell came out of Carter's suite, asking, "Where's Greg?  Jimmy wants to call Mo."

Udall then formally withdrew his name from nomination.  Jerry Brown, however, was not going to do that -- there was something of a contest between the Brown and Udall staffs over who was going to finish second.  The man who was going to nominate the Californian quieted the delegates -- Cesar Chavez, the leader of the United Farm Workers, was a romantic curiosity, a small legend in the East.

Being a floor leader for Jimmy Carter had been a nice way for Frank Mankiewicz to wander the floor talking with old friends.  He was responsible for the California and Texas delegations, among others, but there was not much to be responsible about -- no fights.  It was different from 1972, when Mankiewicz had been one of George McGovern's managers and watched the Convention slide into chaos, leaving McGovern a candidate without a party.

"Frank," said Dianne Feinstein, a San Francisco County supervisor and Carter delegate, "we have to do something.  The Brown people are mad as hell.  Jerry offered to withdraw and move to make the nomination unanimous, but Carter has turned him down."

"That doesn't make sense," Mankiewicz said, "but I'll check it out."  He went to the Carter trailers and found Hamilton Jordan, who said, "That's not true.  I don't know anything about it and, if anybody was talking to Jerry Brown, I'd know about it."

Mankiewicz went back to the floor and told Ms. Feinstein it never happened.  "It happened," said Leo McCarthy, the Speaker of the California Assembly and a Brown delegate.  "Ask Mickey."

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TENNESSEE
May 25
Carter won the primary election with 78 percent of the vote to 11 percent for Wallace, 4 for Udall, 2 for Church.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---36; Wallace---1; uncommitted---9.

Convention vote:  Carter---45; Wallace---1.

MONTANA
June 1
Church won the primary election with 60 percent of the vote to 25 percent for Carter, 6 for Udall.

Delegate count before June 10:  Church---11; Carter---4; uncommitted---2.

Convention vote:  Carter---11; Church---4; Udall---2.

NEVADA
June 1
Brown won the primary election with 53 percent of the vote to 23 percent for Carter, 9 for Church.

Delegate count before June 10:  Brown---6; Carter---3; Church---1; uncommitted---1.

Convention vote:  Brown---6 1/2; Carter---3; Church---1; abstaining---1/2.

RHODE ISLAND
June 1
Carter won 30 percent of the primary election vote to 28 percent for Church.  An uncommitted slate for which Brown had campaigned won 32 percent of the vote.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---7; Church---6; uncommitted---9.

Convention vote: Carter---22.

SOUTH DAKOTA
June 1
Carter won the primary election with 41 percent of the vote to 33 percent for Udall.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---9; Udall---7; uncommitted---1.

Convention vote:  Carter---11; Udall---5; Humphrey---1.

CALIFORNIA
June 10
Brown won the primary election with 59 percent of the vote to 21 percent for Carter, 7 for Church, 5 for Udall.

Delegate count on June 10:  Brown---204; Carter---67; Church---7; Udall---2.

Convention vote:  Brown---205; Carter---73; Udall---2.

NEW JERSEY
June 10
Carter won the preferential primary election with 59 percent of the vote, but an uncommitted slate pledged to Brown and Humphrey carried most of the state's congressional districts.

Delegate count on June 10:  Carter---25; uncommitted---83.

Convention vote:  Carter---108.

OHIO
June 10
Carter won the primary election with 52 percent of the vote to 21 percent for Udall, 14 for Church.

Delegate count on June 10:  Carter---126; Udall---20; Louis Stokes---6.

[[Louis Stokes:  who the heck is that?  Mayor of Cleveland?  . . . No no no, but we were close -- Louis's brother Carl -- was mayor of Cleveland when I was in grade school -- Mayor Stokes -- I knew that sounded familiar thank you Mr. Google...]]

Convention vote:  Carter---132; Udall---20.

DELAWARE
June 12
Delegates were selected at a state convention.

Delegate count on June 12:  Carter---10; uncommitted---2.

Convention vote:  Carter---10 1/2; Brown---1 1/2.

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You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell

You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like
what I think I see --

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty's despair --

Ah you,
telling me the
things you're gonna do for me

I ain't blind and I
don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets
TAKIN' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Ah you,
telling me the
things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind,
and I don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets TAKIN'
it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets ...

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{book excerpt -- Convention.  Richard Reeves.  Harcourt.  Copyright 1977.}
{song:  "Takin' It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers.  1976.  Warner Brothers.  written by Michael McDonald.}

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