That, tragically, is the election cycle where Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in the course of the cycle, but he was, for a period, the rising star. You ended up having. LBJ's vice president, Hubert Humphrey, got the nomination, but it was an incredibly close and contested race. because you had a challenge from the left and a challenge from the left over Vietnam, a chaotic convention. And outside, you had rabid protesters engaged in violence and rioting. (10:19–10:29)
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Asserts that Hubert Humphrey got the nomination in a close and contested race in 1968.
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