In his own version of the twelve days of Christmas, Eugene McCarthy racked up one campaign manager, two college triumphs, three promising states, four yeasty issues, five announced primaries, at least six supporting groups, and visions of a dove in a pear tree.
As his manager the Minnesota Senator named onetime CBS Executive Blair Clark, 50, who once served as public relations chief for Averell Harriman. In New Hampshire, where he made two speeches and checked his primary prospects, McCarthy was heartened by a poll of 21,000 students, faculty and staff members of 19 Northeast universities, which showed 75% "would...
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