“For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die!” There followed an astounding thirty-eight-minute ovation—five minutes longer than the speech itself, which had been already interrupted for cheers forty-four times. As the acclaim for the rival he thought he had vanquished rose to a frenzy, President Carter became terrified he was on the verge of a runaway convention. And vague language on priorities was one
