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...hold an acting career against a budding politician-Reagan (rhymes with pagan) has already traveled 10,000 miles and made 150 speeches in his bid for the G.O.P. nomination. By sheer activity, he has thus made himself the front runner among four G.O.P. hopefuls-even though he is a staunch conservative in a state where Republicanism has traditionally tended toward the progressive side. Reagan's political reputation dates from the 1964 presidential campaign when-only four years after becoming a Democrat-for-Nixon- he won attention as a speechmaker and fund raiser for Barry Goldwater...
...Despite staunch support from Senator Harry Byrd's Democratic machine in Virginia's gubernatorial election last month, Lieutenant Governor Mills Godwin won only after beating down a strong challenge by Republican Candidate A. Linwood Holton, who captured 38% of the votes-and proved that the state could no longer be considered a Byrd sanctuary. Last week brought even more impressive evidence of change in the Old Dominion. The occasion was a special election to fill the state senate seat vacated by Harry F. Byrd Jr., 51, whose appointment to the U.S. Senate last month in place...
...Glint in His Eye. Soon Schlesinger was taking an active hand in Democratic politics. A staunch anti-Communist who early took the far left to task for "following the policies of the Soviet
That could be difficult. Long has staunch supporters in the Senate, an admirer in Lyndon Johnson, and the family stomach for infighting-as he showed last January when he defeated Rhode Island's John Pastore and Oklahoma's Mike Monroney for the whip's job. This time around, Pastore, at least, has declared himself out of the running. Said he: "I see no reason why Long should not continue as whip along with his other committee assignments. So far as the whip's office is concerned, I was lukewarm to it last year, and today...
What makes Danny run is a staunch belief in a philosophy that he and a few other G.O.P. Governors call a "new federalism." While the states face increasingly complex economic and social problems, he argues, they, rather than the Federal Government, can devise remedies most suited to their own needs. Evans, a one-time civil engineer, set out last year to test his theory that progressive Republicanism can put matters right. First he defeated a Goldwater supporter in his party's primary. Next he beat the Democratic incumbent, Albert Rosellini. Since then he has generally got the best...