Editing Fritz Hollings (section)

====Presidential candidate====

Hollings unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for [[President of the United States]] in the [[1984 United States presidential election]]. Hollings's wit and experience, as well as his call for a [[budget freeze]], won him some positive attention, but his relatively conservative record alienated liberal Democrats, and he was never really noticed in a field dominated by [[Walter Mondale]], [[John Glenn]] and [[Gary Hart]]. Hollings dropped out two days after losing badly in the [[New Hampshire Primary]], and endorsed Hart a week later. His disdain for his competitors sometimes showed. He notably referred to Mondale as a "lapdog" and to former astronaut Glenn as a "[[Sky King]]" who was "confused in his capsule".<ref name = "The Citadel Archives: Hollings, Ernest, 1922">{{cite web | url = http://www3.citadel.edu/archivesguide/index.php/HOLLINGS,_ERNEST,_1922 | title = The Citadel Archives: Hollings, Ernest, 1922 | access-date = March 29, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130522082045/http://www3.citadel.edu/archivesguide/index.php/HOLLINGS,_ERNEST,_1922 | archive-date = May 22, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>