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...THORNBURGH will also be praised today for being a moderate rather than an ideologue. He is a Republican in the tradition of Rockefeller and Howard Baker, two men coming from the more widely respected wing of the party. To many moderates, including moderate Democrats who voted for Reagan in 1980 and '84, the choice will appear to indicate that a Bush administration will be more in the mainstream than the Reagan administration has been...
...fact, the loudest opposition to Thornburgh may come from some of those furthest to the right. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.), a staunch supporter of the pro-life movement, raised a number of questions about Thornburgh's stance on the issue of abortion...
...while a less unforgiving position on this issue may attract moderate Democrats, even this will not split the Republicans. Even if Thornburgh's and Bush's records of support for the pro-life movement are not as strong as the records of Orrin Hatch and Henry Hyde, they are far closer to the right than the records of Dukakis and Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) The real pro-lifers, the great majority of whom vote, will surely not turn to the Democrats...
Geographically, the selection of Thornburgh creates a problem for the Republicans, but not a great one. It may even prove strategic. By selecting a Northeasterner, Bush can go whole hog in pretending to be a Texan which he will need to do to beat Bentsen in the Longhorn State. And with Thornburgh on the ticket, such a move won't mean sacrificing support in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states...
...Thornburgh also can guarantee the Republicans a state with a large number of electoral votes. Pennsylvania and it's 25 votes, which went for Reagan in 1980 and '84, has to go for the Republicans in 1988 for Bush...