This article implies that RFK had a real chance of winning the Demo Party nomination in 1968.
That idea is false.
Less than 25% of delegate votes were decided by primary elections in 1968.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey was the overwhelming favorite with the Demo establishment, and he would have won the nomination easily on the first ballot.
As a kid I went to an R.F.K. rally at Valley Junior College in Van Nuys Califjust a few days before he was killed.
There were so many folks inside the gym that the local fire marshall got on the mike and said if any more folks got in he’d cancel the proceedings for fear of a fire code violation.
About that time three guys rushed a rear double door and ran in to Rosey Greer ( former Ram lineman) who grabbed all three in his arms and literally threw them out.
Mr. Kennedy came and gave a very rousing speech.
At the time he was rocketing in the polls and there was great belief he could overtake H.H.H. who was tanking
We’ll never know.
I was 13 and as I grew up I turned in to a Regan Republican and have been until now where I am not a McCain supporter.
Scary, when you think he was considered quite liberal then and by today's standards he was middle of the road or to the right..