"I'm just running for fun," Robert C. Johnson. 48, explained to friends who asked him why he got into a hopeless election contest. On a dare, Johnson, a political unknown, operator of a small Jacksonville clothing factory specializing in policeman and fireman uniforms, had entered Florida's Democratic primary as a candidate for the unpaid but influential party post of national committeeman.
But Johnson did not really run, or even shuffle. Defying every known rule for winning elections, he made no speeches, attended no rallies, appeared on no radio or TV programs, had no posters printed, placed no ads, shook no...
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