"The worst mismatch since the Liston-Patterson fight." cried an exultant Republican. Many California Democrats sadly assented. Lured reluctantly into a statewide TV debate with Republican Richard Nixon. California's Democratic Governor Pat Brown discovered last week that in a head-on clash he was a dub.
At air time. Brown launched a grim defense of his administration amid nervous pauses to consult notes. Xixon shunned notes and. in his own opener, took gleefully to the attack. The pressure frazzled Brown; he answered a question about welfare payments for unwed mothers by earnestly outlining the plight of "mothers deserted by their fathers."
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