In a victory speech filled with references to John F. Kennedy '40 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04 Hart said New Hampshire voters, had the power to change the course of American history.
Not Quitting
Mondale, who found out that be had lost while attending a fundraiser dinner in Boston flew to Manchester early yesterday evening. At a pre flight news conference at Logan Airport a somber Mondale vowed, "I'm going to be campaigning all out because I believe I will be nominated.
The reason I'm confident is that what I'm saying and what the American people want is the same," Mondale added.
Glenn appeared downcast at an evening press conference at the Sheraton Tara telling reporters he was hurt by the Reagan write in votes.
I hope all these people come home to roost in November." Glenn said Glenn and his staffers took whatever solace they could find in the Mondale defeat, saying that the idea that Mondale had the nomination "all locked up" had been proved wrong.
Calling the primary the beginning father than the end. Glenn echoed one of Hart's criticisms of Mondale, saying, the politics of the past were proven to be exactly that the politics of the past."
"I am not considering dropping out," Glenn said, surrounded by his campaign brass. "I'm going to the convention in San Francisco and I'm going to be the nominee."
Glenn staffers last night said the senator will concentrate on winning delegates in southern states, especially Alabama, where the former astronaut has a strong organization.
New Hampshire Campaign Director Paul Shone said Glenn is still a factor in the race for the Democratic nomination because of his national reputation.
Hart's triumph must be ranked among the most stunning upsets in primary history. McGovern was considered in have won a victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary in 1972, even though he lost by six percentage points to the then front runner, Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine.
McGovern capitalized on the second-place finish to run up primary and caucus victories around the country and eventually capture the party's nomination.
Hart, who managed McGovern's campaign that year, will now be thrust into the media spotlight and may be able to bolster an organization that is weak in many important primary states, analysts speculated last night.
Unlike McGovern, however, Hart will be encumbered by new campaign rules which make it difficult for candidates to raise money quickly. Moreover, Hart does not have full delegate slates in a number of states.
Gary R. Orren, associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, said that despite a victory that dwarfed McGovern's 1972 showing. "It will be very difficult--but not impossible--for Hart to win the nomination."
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