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...presidential hopeful, Romney is in a bind. He is far too liberal for the Michigan old-guard Republicans, and many conservatives in the GOP are hostile to him for refusing to endorse Gold -water in 1964. With Richard Nixon hovering over him and with George Wallace prepared to run as a third-party candidate, Romney finds himself in a precarious position within the GOP...
Meredith cited reneging by the Harlem GOP on promises of money and campaign help as the reason for his withdrawal. Yet he went on to say that Republican leaders had not pressured him to quit the race. "I don't think there was any bad faith," he said. "I think political expediency was the order...
Negro leaders hailed his retirement from the race. Cora Walker, a GOP leader in Harlem, said she felt party committeemen would not have endorsed Meredith...
Some distinction was made in your article between a "serious" and a non-serious group of GOP crashers. To my mind there is no difference: both sets showed great political irresponsibility and lack of judgment. Perhaps the best punishment for the so-called "serious candidate" for the co-chairmanship would have been for him to be elected and required to serve...
...encouraging sign, if he means to use the additional $45 billion in yearly revenue to ensure that domestic programs will not be cannibalized to feed the war. But more revenue will not be enough to pacify economy-minded Republicans; as Everett Dirksen said after the Johnson speech, the GOP congressmen will still be looking for ways to reduce the budget...