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Table of Contents Foreword ix David Hess Preface xiii About Abe Zaidan xv An Age of Giants: Ohio Politics, 1964–2004 xvii John C. Green Part I:The s Watershed, – Introduction 3 LBJ’s ’64 Landslide Swept Ohio Democrats into Office 8 Afterlash 10 Col. Umbus (Ret.) 11 Democrats’ Dilemma 13 A Birchite Challenges Robert Taft in Ohio 15 The “Wonderful World” of Governor Rhodes 16 Negro Carl Stokes Is Underdog Again 24 Negro Nominated in Cleveland Race 26 StokesVictory Foreshadows New Direction in Politics 27 LeMay-for-President Drive Under Way in Ohio City 29 Locked Up Most Ohio Delegates: Pros Think Humphrey Made Hay on Trip 32 Lausche: Party’s Snub “Revived” Him 33 The Man Who Beat Lausche:A New Look at John Gilligan 37 Bomb the X-Ways, General Daley! 40 Labor’s Liberal Love Lost? Bosses Fret 41 Faded Akron Inn Blooms for Wallace Drive 42 Ray Bliss:The “Retired” Mr. GOP Will Still Keep a Hand in Politics 44 Stokes Seeks a Second “First” 49 Stokes Is Reelected Mayor of Cleveland 51 Governor Rhodes Seeks Ohio Senate Seat 54 Glenn Runs for Senate from Ohio 55 Glenn’s Opponent Closing Gap in Ohio Race 57 Taft Intensifies Campaign as Governor Rhodes Gains in Ohio 59 Aura of Invincibility Dies: Glenn, Rhodes Lose 61 II.The Politics of Turmoil, – Introduction 65 Four Dead, Eleven Wounded as Guard Fires into Rioters at KSU 69 Rhodes Took Full Control at KSU, Guard Charges 72 ThreeViolent Days—Then Tragedy 74 Democratic Party Split in Three in Cleveland 83 Perk Beats Odds in Stunning Upset 84 Ethnic Cleveland: Mayor Rebuilds Old Politics on Voices of Old World 86 The “Politics” Is Just Beginning 90 It’s Farewell to Kingmakers 92 Any Glamor Left for the GOP? 94 Buggers Can’t Be Bunglers 95 For Sale:Ten Thousand Peace Signs 97 Metzenbaum Finally Has His Prize 99 Glenn May Be Headed for a Job 101 Both Parties Will Benefit: Ford Restores Civility to Politics 103 Ohio GOP Hit by Pardon of Nixon 104 Old Skeletons to Rise and Haunt Rhodes 105 Ohio’s Four Biggest Political Mouths:Who Says All Politicians Sound Alike? 107 Gilligan Campaign Muscle Not There 112 Metzenbaum Image Is “Fluffier” 113 Ford-Reagan Battle Shows Severity of GOP Trouble 115 Ford Won Party Nomination, but Reagan Stole Its Heart 117 Story Scraps Were Big News 119 Oh, the Games They All Play 121 Taft Running Hard to Meet Challenge from Metzenbaum 123 [44.200.39.110] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 14:42 GMT) III.The Politics of Transition, – Introduction 129 Strange Political Amalgam in AmbitiousYoung Man 131 ClevelandVoters Pick Kucinich 135 Kucinich Foes Gather 47,537 Recall Petitions 137 It’s Official: Kucinich Wins by 236Votes 138 A Study in Ethnic Politics 140 Can Celeste Stop Rhodes’s Last Hurrah? 141 In the Knack of Time 153 Who Killed Cleveland? 157 Kucinich in Underdog Role after Primary 165 Reconstruction: Mayor Strives to Restore Faith in Cleveland 168 Ohio’s Seal of Approval 170 Carter in Steubenville:A Presidential Progress 173 All the Candidates’ Men 178 Reagan’s Fortunes Rising above His Image 188 Can Reagan Control Leaders of GOP’s “New Crusade”? 190 Lightning Strikes Dem Convention:Teddy Electrifies Audience;Tearful Delegates Go Wild 192 Carter Finds the Weapons to Begin a Long Struggle 194 IV.Turn to the Right, – Introduction 199 Ray Bliss Was in a Special Category:A Man Who Personified Class 202 Rhodes Spoon-fed Believers and Ate Up the Skeptics 204 In Politics and Posture, Reagan Has an Ohio Clone 206 Democrats’ Plans May Be a Mere Sand Castle Facing GOP Tide 208 Jerry Falwell: the Marcus Welby of Our Moral Ills 210 Glenn vs. Reagan:“Star Wars,” Patriotism, and Peace 212 Welch Gone, but Extremism Still with Us in a Free Society 215 Voinovich: Popular Mayor without a Party 217 For Rhodes,This Doesn’t Look Like a MiracleYear 219 The Fall of an Ohio Legend: Flamboyant Rhodes Fades into History 221 A New Column—But Will It Get My Goat, Folks? 225 Metzenbaum’s Dirty Little Secret Is Revealed at Last 226 This Campaign Is Suffering from an Identity Crisis 228 James Rhodes’s Birthday Bash Was Bipartisan Affair 229 If Taxes Go up, President Needs Heavy-duty Alibi 231 May 4 Tragedy Needs Forgiving, Not Forgetting 233 By George! No Flash, but a Definite Style 235 A Columnist Bids Adieu, Looks Back 244...