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March 5, 1972: Henry Jackson and Edmund Muskie engage in a live debate at the WMUR-TV station in Manchester.

March 6, 1972: A public opinion poll finds that 62.16% of those Democrats who watched the debate were "most impressed by the performance of Senator Jackson"

March 7, 1972: The Democratic New Hampshire primary, results: Jackson, 40.05% (8 delegates); Muskie, 34.62% (7 delegates); McGovern, 25.33% (5 delegates)

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March 10, 1972: Lol Nol is declared the President of Cambodia. Meanwhile, the 101st Airborne Division is withdrawn from South Vietnam.
 
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March 21st 1972: Henry Jackson wins the Illinois Democratic Primary. Hubert Humphrey drops out of the race and endorses Jackson.
 
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March 24th 1972: Democratic Primary Polling
Edmund Muskie- 39%
Henry Jackson- 35%
George Wallace- 14%
George McGovern- 12%
 
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April 5th, 1972: George McGovern vows to keep on going in the primaries.

April 7th, 1972: Presidential Counsel, John Dean, announces his resignation for unknown reasons.
 
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April 25th 1972: Henry Jackson narrowly wins the Massachusetts Primary and the Pennsylvania Primary by a 6 point margin.

April 27th 1972: West German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, is voted out of office by the Bundestag. Vice Chancellor, Walter Scheel, soon takes over.

Former Democratic Presidential Nominee Hubert Humphrey speaks with his former running mate, Edmund Muskie, and tells him that Henry Jackson is going to be the likely nominee. Muskie reluctantly agrees, but says he's not going drop out until a few days before the convention.

May 1st 1972: Democratic Polling
Henry Jackson-38%
Edmund Muskie-35%
George Wallace- 17%
George McGovern- 10%

May 2nd 1972: (OOC: J. Edgar Hoover does not die, let's say he lives to 90, which he will be in 1985)
 
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TrumanJohnson said:
April 25th 1972: Henry Jackson narrowly wins the Massachusetts Primary and the Pennsylvania Primary by a 6 point margin.

April 27th 1972: West German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, is voted out of office by the Bundestag. Vice Chancellor, Walter Scheel, soon takes over.

Former Democratic Presidential Nominee Hubert Humphrey speaks with his former running mate, Edmund Muskie, and tells him that Henry Jackson is going to be the likely nominee. Muskie reluctantly agrees, but says he's not going drop out until a few days before the convention.

May 1st 1972: Democratic Polling
Henry Jackson-38%
Edmund Muskie-35%
George Wallace- 17%
George McGovern- 10%
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May 2nd 1972: (OOC: J. Edgar Hoover does not die, let's say he lives to 90, which he will be in 1985)
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Interesting
 
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May 15, 1972: Wallace survives an assassination attempt by Arthur Bremer while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland. One of the bullets grazed his left shoulder, but otherwise he was without injury.
 
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May 23, 1972: Jackson wins the Oregon and Rhode Island primaries.

June 6, 1972: Jackson wins the California, New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, which McGovern wins in South Dakota.

June 20, 1972: Jackson wins the New York primary.
 
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