tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192020.post8003507516219721054..comments2008-07-17T05:13:27.854-07:00Mnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192020.post-5124318216472583422008-07-16T19:36:00.000-07:002008-07-16T19:36:00.000-07:00The point that I was trying to make by saying that the shooting ended Wallace's political career was that the shooting had ended his chances for a national political career. He did run for the Democratic nomination again in 1976, but he was handily defeated by both Jimmy Carter and Jerry Brown, was unable to win key primaries even in the south, and left the campaign early in June. Wallace never mounted a campaign again after the shooting like those that had attracted so much attention, and controversy, before the shooting, in part also because his conversion to Christianity that occured a handful of years after the shooting softened his stance on race. Perhaps I should have been more clear in the original article, however my focus was on the shooting itself, and specifically what the Nixon tapes tell us the reaction of the White House was, and not the career of George Wallace.Luke A. Nichternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192020.post-86703561636129530912008-06-20T10:06:00.000-07:002008-06-20T10:06:00.000-07:00It is an interesting article. However, he got one detail very wrong. The shooting did not end Wallace's political career. He ran again for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. Also, he was twice re-elected as governor, subsequent to the 1972 shooting.schiller1979http://www.blogger.com/profile/13960814043853910096noreply@blogger.com