Okay, I'll buy some of that; but remember in '72 the AFL-CIO didn't endorse the Democratic presidential ticket, and the Teamsters (and some other smaller labor unions) actually endorsed Nixon. A big story back then was how much of the labor vote ended up in the Republican column. Overall, I still think the Cooper character looks and sounds like a conservative Republican candidate.
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I think you're right--obviously this could not have been a quid pro quo out-in-the-open arrangement, but a deal cut by shady phone calls and under-the-table stuff as suggested by the Cooper character's campaign manager. The campaign manager's phone calls about the "dirty" tricks reminded me of Donald Segretti's (sp?) stories of the pranks he and a handful of others pulled on Democratic candidates.
.....And we haven't even gotten into the whole MAFIA talk that goes on between Columbo and his dentist!! Boy!!! this episode is chockful of controversy!!!!