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...could nominate someone other than Carter or Senator Edward Kennedy. The organizers of the meeting included Thomas Downey of New York, a Carter supporter, and Toby Moffett of Connecticut, a Kennedy backer. Among those who attended were Don Edwards of California, Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and three leading black Representatives: Shirley Chisholm of New York, John Conyers of Michigan and Ronald Dellums of California...
...they walked into Reagan's 69th-floor suite in the Plaza, the two Republican Senators (John Tower and Strom Thurmond), two Congressmen (Robert Michel of Illinois and Robert Bauman of Maryland) and two Governors (Pierre du Pont of Delaware and Charles Thone of Nebraska) had no inkling that they were stepping into G.O.P. history. They were there for a long-scheduled appointment to give Reagan their advice on who would be his best running mate. Most of the group favored Bush. But Reagan sounded skeptical. He asked just how Bush would help the ticket...
...bring all these new people into its ranks, however, the G.O.P. is going to have to modify its country club image. Joe Six-Pack does not belong to a country club. Maryland's Republican Congressman Robert Bauman expresses a widespread aversion to the venerable upper crust that has long controlled party affairs: "They are elitists. They are out of touch with the supermarket counters. Their view of Communism is that it is a market to be sold to, not a system that may destroy their children's freedom...
...first rejected by huge margins in both houses. So when Carter carried out his threatened veto, the House did not even debate it. It immediately voted to override the President's veto by an embarrassing 335 to 34. From Republican Strategist Robert E. Bauman of Maryland came a victorious yell: "Yahoo!" Next day the Senate completed the Carter rout, voting against...
...give you a campaign contribution, but I need your help in getting some work," Agnew remembers his friend as saying. "I will recommend you and do what I can to help you, but I have no control over awarding work," Agnew remembers replaying. "He seemed satisfied," the ex-Maryland governor remembers, "and arrangements were made for him to send a check." Directly contrary to the prosecutors' allegations, Agnew did not receive cash--he got the $2500 in a check. And see here, the money was not for services rendered--Agnew, a firm believer in Truth in Advertising, told his friend...