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and won on the basis of his almost obscene, old-fashioned Southern approach to political campaigning.

We're talking about Sam Yorty, right?

Yes. But the second time when Bradley ran against Yorty and won, I think that Yorty defeated himself in a number of ways by his own incompetence. And it wasn't necessary for Bradley to deal with race as such. Bradley could just stand as a contrast to this opponent. And that seems to have been true ever since for Bradley. And interesting enough, I thought he was going to win as Governor, except that quiet racism-- which he did not elicit. Bradley did not run as a black candidate for the governorship. However, the difference between the polls and the voting booths was race, because the polls--

As a matter of fact, nonetheless that was quite a close race, was it not?

It was a close race, but he lost.

The absentee ballots swung it the other way. Or when they were counted at least. Whether they were the ones who did it--

It was a close race, but he still lost, and all the indications were that he wasn't going to lose, because polling is