33–69

Conversation No. 33-69

Date: November 8, 1972
Time: 9:16 am - 9:29 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Harry S. Dent.

[See Conversation No. 813-12]


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1972 election
-The President's victory
-Dent's appearance on television [TV]
-News summary
-South
-Senate gains
-House of Representatives gains
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-The President's coattails
-James E. Holzhouser
-S. Fletcher Thompson
-Defeat
-Dent’s view
-Mail privileges
-House Campaign Committee
-Quality of candidates
-George S. McGovern
-Dent’s efforts
-Mississippi
-Democrats
-Republican candidates
-Quality
-North and West
-The President’s view
-Age
-The President’s efforts
-William L. Scott
-Jesse M. Helms
-Republican losses
-Jack Miller
-The President’s schedule
-Iowa
-Personality
-Gordon L. Allott
-Margin of loss
-Incumbents
-Dent’s view
-Reasons for losses
-Egos
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Reason for loss
-Age
-J. Caleb Boggs
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew visit to Delaware
-Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
-The President's visits
-North Carolina
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-Oklahoma
-Kentucky
-Rhode Island
-Kentucky
-Louie B. Nunn
-Sales tax issue
-Personality
-Rhode Island
-John H.Chafee
-Dovishness
-Minnesota
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Alaska
-McGovern
-Massachusetts
-California
-The President's victory
-Percentage
-Media coverage
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Electoral votes
-McGovern
-Alfred M. (“Alf”) Landon
-Percentage
-Johnson in 1964
- 61.1%
-John G. Schmitz
-Source of support
-Holtzhouser
-Campaign
-Victory
-Coattails
-Republican Party
-Replacement
-The President’s view
-South
-Press relations
-Washington Star
-Liberal press
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-McGovern
-Reasons for defeat
-Tactics
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-Issues
-Welfare
-Busing
-Amnesty
-Drugs
-Welfare
-South
-Race issue
-Patriotism
-Moral values
-Enthusiasm for the President
-North Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia
-Voter turnout
-Landslide
-The President's victory
-The President’s trip to the Peoples Republic of China [PRC]
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-Mining of Haiphong Harbor
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-“Triple Play” terminology

Vietnam
-Settlement
-Timing
-1972 election

1972 election
-McGovern
-Manner
-Concession statement
-Tone
-Contrast with the President
-Image
-Negativism
-South
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-Southern Democrats
-Border states
-North Carolina
-Virginia
-Georgia and South Carolina
-Weakness of Republicans
-Edward Young
-Previous meeting with the President
-Quality
-Candidates
-Quality
-National Republican Party
-1971 spending
-The President's visits
-Effect
-Democrats
-Number of states
-Maine
-Colorado
-Allott
-Candidacy
-Incumbents
-Defeat
-Dent’s view
-Future candidates
-Recruitment
-California returns

Dent's location
-The President's schedule

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1972 election
-California
-Returns
-Popular vote
-Figures
-Timing
-News summary
-Percentage
-Johnson in 1964
-Voter registration
-Voter turn-out
-Compared to 1964
-Nonvoters
-Blacks in South
-McGovern
-Republicans
-Media relations
-Level of apathy
-John B. Connally
-Surrogates
-Letters of endorsement
-Dent’s efforts
-Photograph sessions
-Television clips
-Senate candidates
-Radio tapes
-Senate candidates
-Telephone calls
-Senate candidates
-The President's support
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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