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As for himself, Rockefeller is a congenital optimist. He believes that, with effort, any odds can be overcome. "Anybody who hopes for the 1968 nomination," says a Rockefeller aide, "has to carry the burden in 1964, futile as it may seem to be." But futility is not in the Rockefeller vocabulary. Are his sights really set on 1968? "No, no," says Rockefeller, smiling broadly. "I'd be too old.

That's a younger man's job." But at 53, in good health and belonging to a family noted for longevity, Nelson Rockefeller can certainly look forward to 1964, to 1968 or even beyond. And as of now, he is plainly the man to reckon with in the Republican Party. Recently, in the course of campaigning, he was received into the Hawk clan of the Seneca Nation and given a new name: Sagoyewatha. It means "He Keeps Them Awake"—and it somehow seems appropriate to Nelson Rockefeller's present position in his party.