“Under the system that we now have to nominate presidential candidates, for instance, I would prefer that we have a system that is closer to, say, the one we had in the 1960s.” InstancePresidentialCandidates1960sPresidential Candidate Author:Michael Beschloss
“So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he would have been rejected by all those people who had worked with him in Washington.” PeopleIfsHas BeensHardDemocraticHard TimesConventionsRejected1960sNominations Author:Michael Beschloss
“So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.” KnowsEndsFactsPoliticalResultsWeekCenturyDramaConventions20th Century1960s19th CenturyTaxi Author:Michael Beschloss
