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- "Romney" Bumper Sticker, 1968 - Michigan's governor, <i>George Romney</i>, the one-time chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made a bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination in 1968. The highly principled, moderate Republican--who, in 1964, refused to back the conservative Republican nominee--trailed in the polls throughout 1967, slipping dramatically after comments about the war in Vietnam. Romney withdrew his candidacy before the first primaries.
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"Romney" Bumper Sticker, 1968
Michigan's governor, George Romney, the one-time chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made a bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination in 1968. The highly principled, moderate Republican--who, in 1964, refused to back the conservative Republican nominee--trailed in the polls throughout 1967, slipping dramatically after comments about the war in Vietnam. Romney withdrew his candidacy before the first primaries.