DEMOCRATS: Is McGovern a Stalking Horse?

McGovern [is] less a candidate in his own right than a vulnerable and expendable point man for the Kennedy juggernaut. His organization is a Kennedy front; his campaign team a Kennedy farm club. The McGovern for President Committee is rapidly becoming a wholly- owned subsidiary of Edward M. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.

The charge, made in the Republican National Committee's peppery publication Monday, has surface validity. The presidential candidacy of South Dakota Senator George McGovern seems to have little steam of its own. Polls indicate that only 5% of the nation's registered Democrats and...

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