Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...YORK. The overwhelmed Reagan faction was born less out of ideological fervor than an intraparty clash between the state's imposing, egg-bald party chairman, Richard Rosenbaum, 45, and the pugnacious chairman of Brooklyn's G.O.P., George Clark, 35. Clark had seized upon the Reagan candidacy to vent his resentment of Rosenbaum's iron chancellorship and Rockefeller's tight paternal grip. The two leaders had fought first in Kansas over whether Clark could have a Reagan telephone on the floor, then over whether Reagan should be formally invited to address the whole delegation. Rosenbaum vetoed both ideas. Complained Reagan Delegate...
...moderate who fled to the waiting embrace of the Democrats in 1973 is Michigan Congressman Donald Riegle. He felt that his faction of the party no longer had any influence. "We were like the tail of the dog; we couldn't wag the dog." A Republican pondering whether to follow Riegle's example is Maryland's Charles Mathias (see box). Another moderate, Manhattan Lawyer Rita Hauser, former U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, complains: "We are viewed by the right wing as if we were lepers. I have nothing against conservatives, but they are not willing...
Still, the party and particularly Miki, its chief, should gain from Tanaka's arrest. With the Tanaka faction in disarray, Miki has eliminated his most serious rival within the party. Miki has been widely accused-with some justification-by his L.D.P. colleagues of lackluster leadership, and he could yet face a serious challenge before the election campaign. But his once sagging popularity is on the rise, and the Japanese, still no boat rockers despite their glee over Tanaka's fall, do not seem to be in a mood to turn in large numbers to any of the opposition...
U.M.W. President Arnold Miller, already under constant attack by a rival faction in his union (TIME, May 17), is sure to suffer too. He voiced sympathy for the strikes last week. But since the wildcats were unauthorized by the union, Miller also urged the miners to "return to work on the next available shift." None of the locals paid heed. That caused a Miller aide to mourn: "Coal companies and dissident miners are going to say this shows once again that Arnold can't keep the membership in line." Both union and company officials hope the strikes will soon...
...Kennedy assassination and the emergence of Lyndon Johnson seemed to negate the possibilities of success for Goldwater's southern strategy. As it was, the moderates had no candidate who could present himself as a unifier, and besides, Rockefeller's initial salvo had been returned with vengeance by the Goldwater faction, culminating in a 15-minute round of boos for him at the Cow Palace...