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...judicial ranks as low as a state appellate court. Many women's leaders have protested O'Connor's passive stances on women's rights. Another example: Michigan Republicans and Democrats last month engaged in one-upmanship in assembling their tickets for the November elections. Seeking women's votes, the GOP gubernatorial nominee asked three women before finally finding one to run on his ticket for secretary of state. The next week, word got out that the head of the Democratic ticket was explicitly looking for a woman running mate. He finally summoned 70-year-old congresswoman emeritus Martha W. Griffiths...
Unswerving devotion to the path of "the true believer" brought on the attack on Haig and similar denunciations of other GOP bigwigs. Favorite punching bags of the weekly include OMB director David Stockman, White House Chief of Staff James Baker, and a slew of Republican Congressional leaders...
...battle won to keep taxes at bay, Human Events has since turned to savaging the GOP leadership for its less than full-hearted support of the budget. Headlines like "Why Aren't GOP Leaders Selling President's Budget" or "GOP Leaders Damaging 1982 Elections Prospects" dot recent front pages of the tabloid. Winter and his associate have hammered away at Senators Baker, Dole, and Domenici for showing skepticism about the administration's economic plans. Indeed, though the editor commended Reagan for continuing his "revolutionary path" with the new budget and new federalism, they urge still further spending cuts, "We think...
...fact, the GOP contenders agreed on just about everything during a 90-minute session, which did not include direct debate among the candidates or with journalists...
...economic program, but he cannot have both. The president shows no signs of abandoning his economic dogma, however. Just last week, he hailed the "private sector" as "that tough little tug that can pull our ship of state off the shoals and out into open water." Unless GOP congressional leaders can change the president's mind--or start rowing fast--a resurgence of Democratic strength at the polls is probable in both 1982 and 1984. Democratic programs would likely include some form of direct capital allocation to ailing industries, jobs spending, and wage and price controls to curb inflation...