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Helms has said he will not even schedule a hearing to review Weld's nomination to the Mexico post.
Weld called Helms' concerns "complete phony baloney," claiming that Helms is hiding greater ideological objections to the governor's relatively liberal stands on social issues such as abortion and gay rights.
"Senator Helms's opposition has nothing whatsoever to do with drug policy," Weld said. "It has everything to do with the future of the Republican Party. In plain language, I am not Senator Helms's kind of Republican. I do not pass his litmus test on social policy. Nor do...
Helms spokesperson Marc Thiessen described the governor's attack as both self-serving and self-defeating. "If the governor wants a fight, I guess he is prepared to lose," Thiessen told the Boston Globe.
But because the governor is such a savvy politician, it should be clear that his latest move was not political. Now backed into a corner and left with few options, the governor would not have taken a stand against Jesse Helms if he were seeking a higher office. He earns...