Word: scranton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...forced to admit that, even if William Scranton had been nominated at San Francisco, he would not have run much better than Goldwater. Right-wing zealots and Midwestern conservatives, foiled for the seventh straight time in as many national conventions, would not have done much for the young Governor from Hotchkiss and Yale. It is conceivable that the Republican candidate might have won fewer electoral votes than Governor George Wallace could have...
...orthodoxy inevitably glosses over the split it depicts between "moderates" and "conservatives." Their terminology is misleading. If we look at the Republican Party we find three, not two, kinds of politicians competing for leadership and control. There are the Gubernatorial Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, and Scranton (men like Senator Kuchel and Congressman Lindsay also belong in this group). Then there are the Congressional and legislative leaders like Everett Dirksen, Charlie Halleck, and Robert Taft Jr. and Sr. Finally there is the Goldwater group, including Barry himself, Senator Tower and a host of cold-eyed ideologues...
Even exemplars of the Gubernatorial group, like Rockefeller, Scranton, and Romney, have to count on voters who would prefer Congressional or Goldwater Republicans. And their legislative programs must to a large extent be tailored to the wishes of the rural, backward Republicans who dominate their legislatures. More significantly, Gubernatorial Republicans need the votes of Congressional and Goldwaterite delegates to win the Republican Presidential nomination...
...view of Republicanism and practices a policy of inclusion rather than exclusion." They said the party should "vigorously oppose all forms of narrow political radicalism, whether right or left." Some Governors felt this skirted the dump-Burch issue. But three of the most influential men there-Pennsylvania's Scranton, New York's Rockefeller and Michigan's Romney-insisted that the resolution was really a clear-cut demand for Dean Burch's scalp, although nothing can be done officially until the National Committee meets...
...Richard Nixon was right in rebuking Rockefeller for trying to divide the G.O.P. and in praising Scranton for preaching unity. Scarcely 24 hours after Goldwater's defeat, Rockefeller zeroed in on him with cleated boots. It takes no courage to kick a man when he is down, while his wounds are still raw and bleeding. Rockefeller seems to be a compulsive wrecker, whether it is a home or a party...