Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Governors did not take very kindly to Brown. When the Californian made a rhetorical pitch for a balanced budget as "the central issue of our time," Vermont's flinty Republican Governor Richard Snelling snapped back a curt reminder that the Governors' group had had a committee studying that very topic over the past year, that Brown was a member of the committee but had never attended its meetings, that he had not even answered Snelling's letter seeking views on which specific federal programs the states would like to see slashed. Said Snelling: "I think the born...
...candidate for mayor by some 17,000 votes out of more than 800,000 cast. She not only beat the machine but Chicago's business and newspaper establishment, which supported the incumbent. Byrne is an overwhelming favorite to win next month over her little-known opponent, Republican Stockbroker Wallace Johnson...
...wake of the revolution in Iran, critics of the Administration, and some of its friends, have charged that the U.S. is not doing enough to convince the nations of the crescent that it does have "a real national interest in the stability and peace of that region." Republican National Committee Chairman Bill Brock, reflecting a frustration that was not entirely partisan, said last week that foreign policy, especially the events in Iran, would be a key issue in the presidential campaign...
...Harvard Republican Club member Nancy Achin, who wrote a letter to Nixon asking him to refuse an invitation from the club to speak at Harvard, said yesterday, "I can't imagine them really meaning it. Nixon did give quite a contribution to journalism, though--he gave the press something to write about...
...Republican Alan Greenspan figured that Carter stands at best a 50% chance of renomination and, if he passes that hurdle, only a 60-40 shot at beating the Republican candidate. Mathematically that would work out to a 30% chance of going all the way. Said Greenspan: "It almost doesn't matter who the Republicans put up. I think the next race is Carter against Carter...