Word: romneys
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...already speculating on his next election campaign, more than a year away. In this month's McCall's, his longtime buddy Paul Fay Jr. recalls a conversation with the late President about his Republican opponents: "The man I don't want to run against is George Romney," he told Fay. "That fellow could be tough. No drinking, no smoking. Imagine someone we know going off for 24 or 48 hours to fast and meditate, awaiting a message from the Lord on whether to run or not. Does that sound like one of the old gang? No, give...
Governors are politicians, however, and they can hardly be expected to stay entirely silent on an issue that is on everyone's mind. At last year's Governors Conference all members present endorsed President Johnson's conduct of the war, with the exceptions of Romney of Michigan (who later adhered to the endorsing resolution when he learned what it meant) and Hatfield of Oregon...
Aside from Romney, few governors have higher political ambitions, which may explain their silence on Vietnam. Their greatest importance, as far as affecting policy is concerned, will be the effect of their showing on their states' congressional delegations. If Romney, for example, runs strongly, he may defeat all four of Michigan's marginal Congressional seats and sweep newly-appointed Senator Robert Griffin into a full term. The expected weak showing of Governor Rockefeller of New York, on the other hand, may help produce surprise victories for three or four marginal Democrats--a result which would tend to overstate the President...
...unfamiliar arena of foreign policy. His Cleveland speech, with its echoes of Senator William Fulbright's "arrogance of power" theme, was a curious blend of old-fashioned Midwestern isolationism and the liberal's equally irrelevant preoccupation with world opinion. Even on the specific issue of Viet Nam, Romney could only offer tired generalities...
...Romney likes to say-and he said it again last week in Cincinnati-he is "as conservative as the Constitution, as progressive as Teddy Roosevelt, and as liberal as Mr. Lincoln." He has yet to show unequivocally which Romney is for real...