Ka cika wannan jumla: Shekarar 1968 shekara ce mai muhimmanci ga Daley. A ranar 27 ga Janairu, 1968, Daley ya sanar da Shugaba Johnson cewa Robert Kennedy ya sadu da shi kuma ya nemi goyon bayansa a cikin 'yan takarar Democrat masu zuwa, wanda ya ƙi. Ya kuma sa shugaban ya amince da tayin ko dai ya ci gaba da tsayawa takara a jam'iyyar Democrat ko kuma a zabi shi a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa na Hubert Humphrey a zaben.
Taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat. Daley da Johnson kuma za su yi amfani da takarar Kennedy don shugaban kasa don taimakawa wannan shirin da kuma ciyar da Kennedy ta son zuciya ta hanyar sa shi ya yi tunanin akwai "juyin juya hali" a cikin jam'iyyar. A watan Afrilu, mutane da yawa sun la'anci Daley saboda tsananin maganganunsa bayan tashin hankalin da ya faru bayan kisan King. Ba a gamsu da abin da ya gani a matsayin mai kula da 'yan sanda ba a cikin rikici, Daley ya tsawata wa' yan sanda James B. Conlisk kuma ya ba da labarin wannan tattaunawar a taron manema labarai na City Hall kamar haka: