[DOC] [TLE] Edmund Muskie - Wikipedia [PAR] Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie (March 28, 1914  March 26, 1996) was an 
American statesman, ... He successfully began his political career as a member 
of the Maine House of ..... Prior to the New Hampshire primary, the so-called "
Canuck letter" was ... during the 1972 presidential campaign, the Nixon 
campaign committee... [DOC] [TLE] Front-Runner Ed Muskie's Tears (or Melted Snow?) Hurt His ... [PAR] Jan 17, 2008 ... Hurt His Presidential Bid ... Campaign aides said it was melted snow. While they 
disagreed over what exactly happened that February day in 1972, all now ... A 
few weeks before the New Hampshire primary, William Loeb, the influential, ... 
During a morning snowstorm, with shoulders heaving and voice... [DOC] [TLE] Context of 'February 24-25, 1972: 'Canuck Letter' Destroys Muskie's ... [PAR] Segretti also received at least $35,000 in pay for his activities by Nixon's ... [
Source: Bettmann / Corbis]Less than two weeks before the New Hampshire 
presidential primary, the ... The media focuses on Muskie's tears, and the 
weakness it implies. ... May 15, 1972: Third Party Candidate Shot; White House 
Orders Gunman's... [DOC] [TLE] Changing times: Politicians' tears more common now - Washington ... [PAR] Nov 9, 2012 ... Victorious in his re-election campaign, Obama cried while giving a speech to his 
... in the race for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination until he ... his wife 
from an attack by an influential New Hampshire newspaper. Muskie always 
claimed it was snowflakes, not tears, but the damage had been done. [DOC] [TLE] 1972: Nixon's last campaign | New Hampshire - Union Leader [PAR] The local campaign closed with his third victory in the initial primary, a win that 
would ... Yet in the next New Hampshire primary, Vice President Agnew would 
not be on the ... He spoke from the back of a flatbed truck during a snowstorm. ... 
Post: "With tears streaming down his face and his voice choked with emotion, 
Senator... [DOC] [TLE] One Man's Primary And How He Lost - The New York Times [PAR] May 21, 1972 ... J A Michener article discusses his losing bid as Muskie delegate in ... Muskie in 
New Hampshire; cartoon of Muskie; illus of Lynn Chierici, ... Men partial to Scoop 
Jackson, whom I had known favorably during the Lyndon Johnson campaign, ... 
He seemed the man best able to hold our party together in 1972. [DOC] [TLE] Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72 | Alternate ... [PAR] Feb 28, 2010 ... Like 1968 and likely 1972 candidate, Alabama governor George Wallace, ... the 
liberal elites during his 1968 third party campaign for the presidency. ... But 
McKeithen together with his supporters  notably Louisiana attorney and .... On 
March 4, three days before the New Hampshire primary, Muskie gave... [DOC] [TLE] March 2016  The Democratic Strategist [PAR] Mar 31, 2016 ... Patrick Murphy is abandoning his seat to run for the Senate ... and Des Moines, 
Iowa; Las Vegas, Nevada; Manchester, New Hampshire; New York ... Skelley, 
has a new analysis of the presidential race, assuming a Clinton vs. ... By contrast, 
back in 1972, Democrats in (for example) Georgia could reject... [DOC] [TLE] contents - University Press of Kansas [PAR] in damage. Among the few bright ... Throughout the 1960s, and climaxing in 1968
, race became the central .... president. But during his first years in the White 
House he surprised the left with ... McCarthy's surprise showing in the New 
Hampshire Democratic ... McGovern's landslide defeat in 1972, like Goldwater's 
in 1964,. [DOC] [TLE] VP Hubert Humphrey - U.S. Senate [PAR] Widely recognized during his career as the leading progressive in American 
public life, the ... from his emotional temperament, which sometimes left him in 
tears on the stump, .... Humphrey used his new post to become a driving force in 
the Senate. ... vice-presidential candidate

Question: His apparent tears during a New Hampshire campaign stop damaged his 1972 presidential bid
Answer: Edmund Muskie