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Years ago I read that in the run-up to the Democratic convention in 1972, someone on George McGovern's staff seriously suggested that Walter Cronkite throw his hat in the ring for the vice-presidential nomination. Assuming that Cronkite was nominated, and given that McGovern's campaign was irretrievably damaged by the Eagleton fiasco, was a McGovern-Cronkite ticket electable in 1972? And if Richard Nixon was sent back to Yorba Linda, how would a McG-WC administration have played out?
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