Box Unknown container 446 for instance of Kennedy skates by Muskie/Nixon claiming not to be running. "Just ignore me - I'm not running."

During 1971, the crowded Democratic field threatened to overwhelm the nominating process. Rankand file voters reacted by telling pollsters they would just as soon vote for another Kennedy. Senator Kennedy continued to assert that he was not a candidate while his supporters fueled a series of press stories. Anita Holst-Jensen.