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Rehnquist is an active Goldwater-style Republican who worked as a precinct committeeman during the presidential campaign of his fellow Arizonan. But even those who disagree with his conservative views concede his keen intelligence and professional skill. Born in Milwaukee in 1924, Rehnquist went to college and law school at Stanford, made Phi Beta Kappa, graduated first in his law class, and then won the honor of serving a year as legal clerk to the late Justice Robert H. Jackson...
Even his friends know Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst as a very tough guy. As a campaign organizer for both Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Richard Nixon last year, Kleindienst bruised the feelings of a good many Republican leaders. Supporting the appointment of his fellow Arizonan before a Senate committee in January, Senator Goldwater observed that "he has a quality that is badly needed in this country: toughness...
...virtue of the congressional seniority system, the hardworking, clear-thinking Arizonan-who recently celebrated his 55th anniversary* on Capitol Hill-occupies three of the most venerable and strategic posts in the Senate: president pro tem, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, dispenser of Democratic patronage. With little more than a nod, he can-and often has-secured federal funds and projects for the arid sections of the West, particularly his own state. Notes one Senate veteran: "He can do more for Arizona in three months than his successor will be able to do in ten years...
...issue. Thus he was bearish about Romney's chances of disentangling himself in the public's mind from the Mormon doctrine on Negroes. "They can kill you," Goldwater said, "even though your civil rights record, like Romney's, is a good one." The only hope the Arizonan sees for any Republican in 1968 is if "Johnson fails in Viet Nam." Unlike Romney, however, Goldwater's view is that the war "actually seems to be going better now." Indeed, Barry has never had any difficulty figuring out his own view of Viet Nam. His prognosis is that...
Although Shaddeg does not adequately explain the Arizonan's reluctance to run, he makes plain the disastrous consequences...