Word: republicans
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JOHN CONNALLY HAS PLAYED his cards. He has exposed the hand he plans to use in his bid to capture the Republican nomination for president. In his speech last week to the National Press Club he proposed linking American policy in the Middle East to the price of oil--a clear anti-Israel stance. This political gamble will certainly infuriate Jewish organizations, and, more importantly, will damage American interests in the Middle East...
Previous chairmen had decidedly political leanings: Arthur Burns, appointed by Nixon, was known as a Republican, and Miller had been active in Democratic affairs as a businessman. Volcker, who is a Democrat, is resolutely nonpartisan. Observes Brimmer: "He's simply not going to tilt for or against the White House because of party affiliation. Paul's much more likely to maintain some distance...
...Brown said: "Maybe it will take more than one year. Maybe it will take four years. I'm only 41, and I've got a lot of time." So much time, that in the year 2000 Jerry Brown will still be six years younger than the current Republican front runner...
...Department officials in Washington said last week that the U.S. will give $7 million in emergency food and money as an initial contribution. Two bills are pending in the House of Representatives, one authorizing $20 million in Cambodian relief for fiscal 1980, the other providing for $30 million. Says Republican Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois, co-sponsor of the latter measure: "If we fail to mobilize the resources of the world, we will be guilty of the crime of silence as we stand by and watch the condemned people of Cambodia march through what has been termed the Auschwitz...
Richardson spoke at a new conference at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston where he was principal speaker at a luncheon for Republican women...