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The original "insurgent candidate" the Hunt Commission referred indirectly to was George McGovern, whom after his massive Electoral loss in 1972 was seen as anti-[[patriot]]ic for his longstanding opposition to President [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s War which had the effect of dividing the party, and the country, and permanently tarnished Johnson and Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]]'s<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/opinion/27Perlstein.html?_r=0 </ref> [[civil rights]] records, painting these two [[liberal]]s for posterity as "war hawks".

The original "insurgent candidate" the Hunt Commission referred indirectly to was George McGovern, whom after his massive Electoral loss in 1972 was seen as anti-[[patriot]]ic for his longstanding opposition to President [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s War which had the effect of dividing the party, and the country, and permanently tarnished Johnson and Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]]'s<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/opinion/27Perlstein.html?_r=0 </ref> [[civil rights]] records, painting these two [[liberal]]s for posterity as "war hawks".

[[George Wallace]] was considered a particularly unwelcome insurgent, considering he had won [[United_States_presidential_election,_1968#Results|more states and Electors in 1968]] than the  [[United_States_presidential_election,_1972#Results|party's own nominee in 1972]]. Wallace had sown disruption and division within the party in the 1964, 1972, and 1976 election cycles which had conflicted with the party's outreach aims culminating in the [[Voting Rights Act]] of 1965 and the affirmative action quotas of the McGovern-Fraser and [[Mikulski Commission]]s. Many [[Southern Democrat]]s by this time already viewed themselves as ''persona non grata'' and moved to the Republicans, such as Texas Governor and presidential aspirant [[John Connally]], and others.

[[George Wallace]] was considered a particularly unwelcome insurgent, considering he had won [[United_States_presidential_election,_1968#Results|more states and Electors in 1968]] than the  [[United_States_presidential_election,_1972#Results|party's own nominee in 1972]]. Wallace had sown disruption and division within the party in the 1964, 1972, and 1976 election cycles which had conflicted with the party's outreach aims culminating in the [[Voting Rights Act]] of 1965 and the affirmative action quotas of the McGovern-Fraser and [[Mikulski Commission]]s. Many [[Conservative Democrat|Southern Democrat]]s by this time already viewed themselves as ''persona non grata'' and moved to the Republicans, such as Texas Governor and presidential aspirant [[John Connally]], and others.

Another “insurgent” was Mondale’s old boss, [[Jimmy Carter]], who was first to recognize the new system of manipulating free television air time (and not [[Ronald Reagan]] as some believe) with early primary and caucus wins to pile up rapid delegate leads and soak up donor contributions to gain momentum. Carter had scarce contacts with old party bosses and soon buried competitors working under the old system.

Another “insurgent” was Mondale’s old boss, [[Jimmy Carter]], who was first to recognize the new system of manipulating free television air time (and not [[Ronald Reagan]] as some believe) with early primary and caucus wins to pile up rapid delegate leads and soak up donor contributions to gain momentum. Carter had scarce contacts with old party bosses and soon buried competitors working under the old system.