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In reply to the discussion: If HRC is nominated WITHOUT a primary challenge: [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Yes, Droney was Kerry's mentor, but my recollection of the campaign is that Droney decided to run on an appeal to conservatives. I think he was pushing the death penalty as a big issue.
Brooke's involvement with Barbara Walters didn't come out just recently -- I thought I remembered hearing about it, and a search (because you got me curious) confirms that it was reported in People magazine at the time of the divorce, although only with the careful "has been linked with" language. My recollection is that Brooke's big problem wasn't the rumored infidelity (not just with Walters, either), or even the divorce itself, but that in the course of it he was caught lying.
Anyway, you're certainly correct that the Republican Party of today has no Edward Brookes in it. Perjury and all, he's still far better than anyone they're running today, anywhere.