I te tau 1968 i kōwhiria a Waskow hei māngai anō mō te Takiwa o Columbia ki te Democratic National Convention
i roto i te Chicago. I oati tana roopu ki te tautoko i a Robert F. Kennedy, ana i muri i te kohurutanga o Kennedy, ka tono a Waskow, ka whakaae te roopu ki te tohu i a Reverend Channing Phillips, te tiamana o te roopu, mo te Perehitini, te Amerikana pango tuatahi i tohua ki tetahi huihuinga nui o te roopu.