In Praise of McGovern, Prairie Sage
Dr. Marc Agronin’s Blog is featured Huffington Post’s Internet Newspaper.
“So imagine a man who once sat in one of the highest seats of influence, listened to and lauded by millions, and only a step away from the most powerful position on the planet. During the 1972 presidential election this man was South Dakota Senator George S. McGovern — the Democratic nominee and for a few months just an election away from the mountaintop. And now imagine this same man over 40 years later, with senatorial power and influence having flowed away. The strident voice of this statesman who once galvanized nearly half the American electorate was now only a memory to most and a mystery to those too young to have experienced the tumultuous 1972 election.”