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Robert McNamara (Secretary of Defense)

Admitted he would have thought differently at the start of the conflict in Vietnam if he has been aware of the Vietcong's resilience

Dean Rusk (Secretary of State)

He argued for U.S. escalation in Vietnam

Claimed abandoning the South Vietnamese would cause “disaster to peace”

William Westmoreland (Commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam)

Introduced the concept of the body count in the belief that as the number of Viet Cong casualties rose, the Vietcong would eventually surrender (meant to persuade Americans that it would be over soon)

Clark Clifford

Chosen to replace Robert McNamara as secretary of defense

Eugene McCarthy

Gained popularity in the weeks following Tet

Received 42% of the vote in the 1968 New Hampshire Democratic primary

A Dove’s favorite candidate since he was against the war

Hubert Humphrey

1968 presidential candidate that had the support of LBJ

Nominated at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

George Wallace

Ran in the 1968 presidential election supporting states’ rights and segregation

Lyndon B. Johnson

His slim margin of victory in the 1968 New Hampshire Democratic primary was viewed as a defeat

Voluntarily dropped out of the race before the convention took place

Richard Nixon

U.S. president responsible for the Vietnimation of the war

Said it would bring “peace with honor”