Great interview. Re the primary process in 1960, my understanding is that it was still mostly controlled by party bosses. There were some (usually non-binding) democratic primaries in a handful of states that gauged popular sentiment, but state conventions were still generally used in lieu of democratic primaries.
Of course any half-breed will be uncomfortable with ethnic or racial ‘essentialism,’ and will naturally attempt to water it down within any social or political milieu they are part of.
Great interview. Re the primary process in 1960, my understanding is that it was still mostly controlled by party bosses. There were some (usually non-binding) democratic primaries in a handful of states that gauged popular sentiment, but state conventions were still generally used in lieu of democratic primaries.
Of course any half-breed will be uncomfortable with ethnic or racial ‘essentialism,’ and will naturally attempt to water it down within any social or political milieu they are part of.