McGovern's Journalist Backers Blame the Press for Nixon's '72 Landslid

October 22nd, 2012 1:45 PM
When George McGovern died at 90 over the weekend, liberals were guaranteed to remember him as if 1972 were yesterday. Slate’s Ron Rosenbaum wrote an article titled "George McGovern was a winner:  His 1972 campaign was the most lopsided loss in presidential history. But this man was no loser.”   Rosenbaum wants to run through the potentialities that could have led to a glorious McGovern…