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Article: HART FOLLOWS THE GATSBY THEORY OF RE-INVENTION.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 15, 1987
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Byline: Gail Sheehy
During the cathartic winding-down period that followed the McGovern campaign defeat in 1972, Gary Hart called a law-school classmate, Oliver "Pudge" Henkel, and his wife, Sally, to invite them to join the Harts on vacation in Jamaica. The Henkels were surprised - they hadn't seen the Harts since Yale and didn't consider them good friends - but they accepted. During the trip, Hart withdrew from the group, spent time alone silently pondering his future, and came back to announce that he was thinking of a political career for himself. To the amazement of those around him, with a negative net worth and no political base, Hart set out to capture a ...