Word: californianism
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Billy was the darling of the denizens of the crash pad at Provo House, a tarnished brick relic of bygone opulence hard by Denver's Capitol Hill area. Provo House, named for a group of Dutch student rowdies by a Californian who calls himself "The Strider," proffered free mattresses and sometimes free food to hippie drifters, dropouts and runaways. The flower children lavished their love on Billy, making sure that the cheerful blond two-year-old always got a generous portion of their meager meals. Only when forced to take a bath would Billy blow his cool...
...circumstances," insists that his besting of Lyndon Johnson in a recent poll interests him not a "teeny-weeny bit," and argues that his disinclination is so pervasive that he makes "Sherman look like a lightweight." But when he met Governor Ronald Reagan for the first time, the conservative Californian said the liberal New Yorker simply had to be considered a potential candidate. Perhaps a dream ticket of Ronnie and Johnny uniting the coasts and the party's wings? (Or could it be Johnny and Ronnie?) "That's more than a dream," said Lindsay, "that's a nightmare...
...Keep in mind that Nelson is not of the liberal wing of the party," says New York's Senator Jacob Javits, who decidedly is. "He is more of a moderate Republican than he is a liberal. He could accept Reagan ideologically." Rockefeller himself cautioned friends to take the Californian seriously after his 1,000,000-vote victory last year. "When he gets engaged with the realities of being a Governor," said Rocky, "you'll find he is no extremist." A Rocky-Reagan ticket, moreover, would pull both men more toward the G.O.P.'s ideological center...
Undoubtedly, Reagan's denial of interest in the vice-presidency is reinforced by his belief that he can win the top spot. His delirious reception in South Carolina two weeks ago, the apparent readiness of Southern Republicans to jilt faithful old Dick Nixon if the charismatic Californian will only whistle, and his high popularity back home support that conviction. So do his conservative friends, who think a Rockefeller-Reagan ticket would be just fine-the other way around...
Remember Con Thien. Despite the customary verbal niceties, the debate was bitter and sarcastic, and widened even further the gulf between supporters and critics of the Administration's Viet Nam policies. Unfortunately, it also overshadowed an effective speech by Kuchel about his recent visit to Viet Nam. The Californian, who considers himself an "armed dove," left as a supporter of Johnson's policies, and returned even more firmly convinced that they are correct. "Other than Red China, North Korea and North Viet Nam," he said, "every country over there hopes to God we don't turn around...