Word: ashbrook
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Vital.-After complacently enjoying the Democrats in disarray, the Republicans now have an in-house problem of their own. John Ashbrook, a virtually unknown Congressman from Ohio, announced that he would challenge the President in New Hampshire and maybe in later primaries as well. Nixon, he complained, has deserted his conservatism. The Administration does not anticipate much trouble from California Congressman Paul McCloskey, who is seeking liberal Republican votes in New Hampshire. But Ashbrook could prove to be more of a threat. Though upset over many of the President's policies, the conservative wing of the party...
...Ashbrook does not have much visible support. The leading Republican conservatives have denounced him. Barry Goldwater called his candidacy a "threat to the entire party, the entire country, the entire free world and freedom itself." His most prominent backer is the National Review, which has been picking quarrels with Nixon for some time. Agnew was sent to New York to try to dissuade Publisher William Rusher and Editor William Buckley, but they stuck to their principles. Wrote Buckley: "Mr. Ashbrook's entry into the race is the expression of an élan vital in the conservative movement, which...
...from the U.N., which the Administration could not prevent. The President has committed other heresies, notably the wage-price freeze, which violates the dogmas of free enterprise. Now the so-called Manhattan Twelve have decided to take stronger measures by tapping a like-minded conservative, Ohio Republican John M. Ashbrook, 43, to run against Nixon as a right-wing gadfly in next year's primaries...
...Ashbrook, who has represented Ohio's rural 17th district for six terms, has been part of the conservative pantheon since 1964, when he was one of Barry Goldwater's earliest boosters. Though he has not firmly decided to run, he would plainly relish setting out on what he calls "a small Paul Revere ride" through New Hampshire, Florida and perhaps other primary states. But why would Bill Buckley's group choose an unknown to sound the conservatives' alarm? They had little choice. Quietly, Nixon has already won pledges of allegiance from all the big guns...
...JOHN M. ASHBROOK...