Word: romneys
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Last summer, on a "Face the Nation" program, Governor George Romney baffled the press with vague, contradictory answers to questions about Vietnam. After that, he refused to express opinions on Vietnam until he could "thoroughly study the situation" and promised to speak "at the proper time...
Under considerable pressure from some of his strongest Eastern supporters--Senators Javits, Scott, and Brooke, and Governor Rockefeller -- Romney chose his visit to Hartford last Friday as the proper time. He should be praised for ending his chronic irresolution...
There was, however, no constructive criticism in Romney's first major Vietnam address -- and it was chimerical to expect any. What he did was to favor a middle course and project himself into the middle of the Republican Party. He warned against "massive military escalation in Vietnam," but emphasized that the United States' military effort "must succeed." In short, it was the President's policy...
Percy's cause has been indirectly strengthened by Romney's imperviousness to advice from seasoned professionals. Kentucky's Senator Thruston Morton, an astute former Republican national chairman, is one who has tried to point out to Romney some of his tactical problems. Romney's reaction was so occlusive that Morton is now concentrating his counsel on Percy...
Geometric Progression. More than any of the other liberal Republicans, Percy can get a sympathetic hearing from the Republican right. He supported Barry Goldwater after the 1964 convention-though he later regretted it-while Romney rejected the national ticket. Goldwater never forgave Romney, and said of Percy last month: "I like Chuck. I've worked for him; he's worked for me. I'd support...