Summary: In the first Democratic primary race of 1972, the early frontrunner slips, while the long shot candidate George McGovern breaks out, amid skullduggery by President Nixon.
Episode Bibliography
Books:
The Liberals’ Moment, by Bruce Miroff, 2007
Nixonland, by Rick Perlstein, 2008
The Long Shot, by Gordon Weil, 1973
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, by Hunter S. Thompson, 1973
Almost President, by Scott Farris, 2013
Articles:
New York Times, “McGovern Rescued After Saigon Riot,” September 1971
New York Times, “Militia Attacked Meeting,“ September 1971
New York Times, “The Taste of Defeat,” May 1972
New York Times, “McGovern Discloses 2d Income Report,” March 1972
New York Times, “58% Back Muskie in New Hampshire Poll,” February 1972
New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, “New Hampshire History in Brief”
New York Times, “Muskie Attack on Paper: Many See Senator Hurt,” February 1972
Los Angeles Times, “Jane Gray Muskie, 77; Senator’s Wife Figured in Key Moment of ’72 Primary,” December 2004
Washington Post, “The Democrat Who Cried (maybe) in New Hampshire And Lost the Presidential Nomination,” February 2020
Washington Monthly, “The Story That Still Nags at Me,” February 1987
Washington Post, “FBI Finds Nixon Aides Sabotaged Democrats,” October 1972
Time Magazine, The Battle for the Democratic Party, July 1972
New York Times, “15 Muskie Victors in New Hampshire,” March 1972
Studies:
Geoffrey Warner, International Affairs, Leaving Vietnam: Nixon, Kissinger and Ford, 1969-1975: Part One: January 1969-January 1972, 2011
Daniels, Follett, and Davis, Hastings Law Journal, The Making of the Clean Air Act, May 2020
New Hampshire Employment Security, Wilton New Hampshire Community Profile
Historical speeches, news footage, and other archival tape excerpted in the episode were gathered from:
Dakota Wesleyan University
Muskie Archives at Bates College
National Archives
New Hampshire Institute of Politics
New York City Municipal Archives
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
YouTube