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...significance of the struggle for an open convention extends far beyond its value as a litmus test of the political muscle of Jimmy Carter or Teddy Kennedy, or even its impact on the 1980 presidential race. For now, the selection of a party's presidential nominee has become wholly dependent on the mathematical outcome of the state primaries and caucuses, stripping political conventions of virtually all meaning. Conventions may not be the best method of choosing a presidential candidate, but until the entire nominating process is overhauled, the conventions remain the only way to address changes in a candidate...
...Anderson because he had a different view . . . I resented, after I left, that sort of quizzing in public, trying to lock us in on every little detail that the National Rifle Association might promote. The right-to-life groups are pretty much the same. You have to take a litmus test every five minutes or you're considered wavering. What we should have said in New Hampshire is, 'Well, fellows, we understand your position. I think mine's generally in accord. I'm running for President of the country, not the gun club.' We were...
...contend that the operation smacks uncomfortably of Big Brother. FBI Director Wil liam Webster phoned Senator Larry Pressler to congratulate him for emerging clean from his bribery test. But, asks Congress man William Hughes, who also resisted temptation: "Is it proper for the Executive Branch to pose a litmus test for the legislature...
...There is no ultimate litmus paper" for judging a candidate, but a panel of senior faculty does review each candidate and evaluate his scholarship and teaching ability, MacCaffrey said...
...that Watergate had already started when he joined the G.O.P. Says he: "I joined you in the greatest depths of the fortunes of this party, when the party was down, so I can't be accused of opportunism." He sometimes adds a footnote, that if lifelong Republicanism is a litmus test, then Reagan, who was a Democrat until 1962, must also be disqualified. 3) The White House tapes. When the existence of the White House tapes became public knowledge, Connally's aggressive advice to his friend Nixon was to destroy them quickly. "Call in a group of witnesses, make sure...