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DIED. MARGARET CHASE SMITH, 97, former Republican Senator from Maine; in Skowhegan, Maine. Smith was the first woman to win election to both houses of Congress and the first to be put forward as a presidential candidate at a national political convention (in 1964, when she was swept aside by...
Sometimes political challengers who are self-aware--a few of them exist--know they're only going through the motions. In 1964, for example, even Barry Goldwater's fabulists knew they were fighting the good fight and little more. In years like this, the scent of triumph is palpable. Following...
Over the past three decades, the tide of Republican conservatism has swept across our nation. Beginning with the Barry Goldwater campaign of 1964 and climaxing with the historic Republican Congressional victories of 1994, Republicans and conservatives have become more and more influential in our nation's politics. Even liberal strongholds...
Indeed, say staff members, the First Lady can understand these times. Far from being the standard-bearer of liberalism in the White House, says an aide, "she's a lot more conservative than she's made out to be in the media." To stress the point, the First Lady reminded...
Unfortunately, for some of those identified as future leaders, things have not gone so smoothly. Gary Hart was listed in 1979, and we quoted this comment Barry Goldwater made about him: "You can disagree with him politically, but I have never met a man who is more honest or more...