Word: romneys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What the two Republican Governors had on their minds was the future of the G.O.P. and, more immediately, its strategy for 1968. Romney, by virtue of his 600,000-vote third-term victory and potent coattail strength, is the early-form favorite for the 1968 G.O.P. presidential nomination. Rockefeller, a big upset winner in New York, is eager to at least play a prominent role in choosing the candidate and fashioning the platform...
Never on Sunday. On the eve of Romney's arrival, Rocky, ensconced in a three-bedroom cottage alongside Brother Laurance's palm-fringed Dorado Beach Hotel, called newsmen over for a chat about the prospects of Republican unity and success. To Rockefeller, the 25 G.O.P. Governors "provide a very unique starting point" for a comeback. But Rocky thought-and said repeatedly-that they should achieve a "consensus" on objectives and attitudes before they begin worrying about a candidate. After the umpteenth reference to "consensus"-which, after all, has become virtually a Lyndon Johnson copyright-he admitted: "I hate...
...Romney clearly thought that Rocky should try. When the Michigander arrived from San Juan, he was asked what he thought about the New Yorker's notion of a party consensus. His face clouded. "That is Rockefeller's word," snapped Romney. "I associate it with someone else who hasn't fared too well with consensus. I think we need leadership." With that, Romney went off to Suite 701 in the Dorado Beach Hotel, changing into plaid trunks for a swim. When he finally did phone Rockefeller, 90 minutes after arriving, he suggested that they wait until the morrow...
...Little Allergic. Next day, sportily attired in mustard slacks, matching shirt and yellow canvas shoes, Romney drove in an American Motors Rambler to Rocky's cottage for a buffet lunch. By the time the meal was over, the two Governors had achieved a consensus, so to speak, on consensus. "It was an apparent and not a real difference," Romney told reporters on the broad green lawn fronting the cottage. "Personally, I would not have chosen the word consensus.* I was just a little allergic to the previous association of the word. But I agree the Governors should reach...
...party's two most prominent impenitents, of course, happen to be George Romney and Nelson Rockefeller. Romney retorted that his purpose in 1964 had been to do "the best job I could to get Republican results" in Michigan, and that this year's G.O.P. successes there only vindicated "the soundness of this decision...