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From Khachigian To Buchanan RE:
"Muskie." 1pg.
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 7, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
FROM: KEN KHACHIGIAN Ven
SUBJECT: MUSKIE
Re the Muskie address before the Liberal party dinner in New York
last night. He ure fooled me. I very much expected him to give a
"flaming liberal speech, " but instead he chastized the liberals, essen-
tially, for being too ideological.
In short, Muskie has probably made a central strategic decision
to quit playing footsies with the far left and take a leaf out of Scammon/
Wattenberg to cut Scoop off at the pass. This theory can only be based
on a Muskie assumption that he has good support going into the primaries,
and that he would rather be the nominee without having to kiss up to
the party leftists.
If Muskie wins the nomination, and if he keeps up the current line,
he cannot be campaigned against as easily as some dewy-eyed radical.
A few months from now, we may have to start hitting Muskie harder
from the left portraying him somewhere to the right of Lyndon Johnson;
but it should be done in a way only to reflect the view of far left Dems
such as McGovern rather than the view of, say, MONDAY.