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...REPUBLICANS dismissed their vanquished foes late last week with a half-hearted round of "So long, fellas; we hate to see you go," the New and Revived Right began reshuffling its direct-mail listings for 1982. The arch-conservatives have claimed a healthy share of the credit for the GOP victory and now promise to redouble their assault on all liberals. Anyone left of Kemp-Roth, be he Democrat or Republican, had better head for cover, they warn...
...first glance, then, the shiny conservative command posts appear completely prepared for the next confrontation. Tactics seem set, troops mobilized. But the New Right persists in a tense love-hate relationship with the GOP, and, more important for 1982, the movement still distrusts Ronald Reagan. These complications may affect conservative campaign plans more than Viguerie or Dolan would like to admit...
...House--where the GOP gained 33 seats but fell short of winning a majority--it is the Democratic Party that seems to be preparing for the shift to the right...
...Congress wearily ends its 96th session, the confident rhetoric of the right drowns out any rumors of GOP restlessness
...Republican victory--though surprising in its magnitude--came as less of a shock to experts who have noted a GOP recovery since the beginning of the 1970s...