Word: goldwaterism
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But Case said he did not care whether Dean Burch, a Goldwater appointee and a former assistant to the Senator, was replaced as chairman of the Republican National Committee, since "the national chairman does not hold a policy-making job."
Case said that the Goldwater campaign had been "doomed to defeat." "The American political system, as I see it, is based not on division, but on drawing together," he said. "The campaign of Senator Goldwater was opposed to this principle and thus wholly wrong."
Case said he refused to support Goldwater because of the Senator's stand on the civil rights bill. Asked about the Republican Congressmen in the South, Case said that "these people won't determine the course of the Republican party on civil rights."
While the expulsion of Dean Burch from the position of National Chairman would be a dramatic symbol of Goldwater's total defeat, Republicans should not concentrate their rehabilitation efforts on petty personal conflicts and impulsive Nixonian pronouncements. Burch's inept campaign has probably incurred the wrath of responsibly conservative Republicans...
Rather than alienate responsible conservatives with vicious attacks on Burch, liberals and moderates should attempt to develop a reasonable Republican critique of Administration policy. By functioning as a loyal opposition in Congress, the GOP can be a constructive force in the formulation of legislative decisions and national goals. This year...