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...call for achieving unquestioned military "superiority" over the Soviets, and other right-wing planks. In Reagan's defense, G.O.P. leaders argue that the platform reflects the views of the party's ideologues, who tend to congregate at conventions, and not necessarily Reagan's own thinking. Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh described the platform as "to the right of a convention that I believe is to the right of the candidate. 1980 is not an ideological year...
...unusually so. Fundamentalist Preacher Jerry Falwell, whose Moral Majority organization has registered 2 million new voters, made no ringing speeches. Even former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is anathema to the extreme right, was welcomed with applause when he appeared on the podium. This time, said Pennsylvania's Thornburgh, the Republicans have no desire to "leave the battlefield littered with the wounded from an ideological tong...
...Ford did in 1976. Says New York State National Committeeman Richard Rosenbaum, who had been a Ford admirer: "Republicans are hungry for a victory. Even those who find Reagan a little too far to the right for their tastes will back him in the general election." Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh, a former Ford backer, will support Reagan and thinks the Californian can win if he seeks support even from normally Democratic constituencies. Said he: "I would hope that no candidate would write off the support of labor unions because they have traditionally supported Democrats." Given the deeply ingrained loyalities...
...billion this year. But the Governors, and the mayors to whom they pass much federal cash, argue that revenue-sharing grants, which can be spent in virtually any way the recipients please, give them needed flexibility to meet local requirements. Says Pennsylvania's Republican Governor, Richard Thornburgh: "The President proposes to cut the kinds of programs best adapted to changing times, such as general revenue sharing, while retaining rigid categorical grants [those that finance specific activities like vocational education and the running of mental health centers] that have been festooned on the federal Christmas tree by special interests. This...
...needs such direct reminders. At the time of the accident, Governor Richard Thornburgh recommended the precaution of evacuating pregnant women and pre-school age children from within five miles of the crippled plant, and thousands of people heeded his advice. "It was awful," said Mrs. Clare Wright, 30, who took her daughter Amy, then 3, to a refugee center set up in a hockey arena in nearby Hershey. Mrs. Wright carried along some clean clothes and a couple of blankets stuffed into a duffel bag, and left behind on the kitchen table a note to let her truckdriver husband know...