Reply #67: Of course Teddy was a more viable candidate

[Ken Burch]

My point was that what happened to him in 1980(when tons of people who swore they'd back him sold out and backed Carter even though they knew they were voting to nominate a sure loser)is going to be an inhibiting factor against anybody challenging a Dem president in the primaries.

I'll never forgive the Carter people for organizing those mobs in Chicago to scream "murderer, murderer" when Teddy's motorcade went through town that year. Nobody in Chicago hated Teddy before those rent-a-mobs were organized.

And then there's what happened to Bobby.