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THE GOP GRAND OLD PARALYSIS Bv Dick Behn REPUBLICAN DILEMMAs ULY 15, 1976 VOL. XII, No. '14 50 CENTS COMMENTABY: THE GOP GRAND OLD PARALYSIS bv Dick Behn Regardless of the outcome of the 1976 tion seat. In Montana, St~te Chairman Florence Republican National Convention, the Republican Haegan was left 'off the delegation; she made Party will undoubtedly emerge as a dramatical­ the mistake of 'favoring apportionment of dele­ ly different animal after this year's election. gates according to the primary results. In Tex­ The form of this political metamorphosis will as, Sen. John Tower(R) was denied an at-large depend on the winner of the nomination and the seat and thus effectively removed from his pos­ results of the November election, but the ition as President Ford's convention floor script will largely be written by the Reagan­ manage~. Although Tower was warmly received ite wing of the party., 1976 is a make or break at the Reaganite state convention, June 18-20, it year for the Reaganites. Either they make his future in the GOP may have been reflected the GOP into their own ideological retreat or by the comments of one de1egate:"He's absol­ they will break off and form a new conservative utely embarrassed us. He's made a fool out party in earnest. The Reaganite'message to the of the Texas Republicans. You can bet that GOP is clear: Either lose the party or lose us. this is John Tower's last term in the Senate." Similarly, State GOP Chairman Ray Hutchinson, Reaganite contempt for the organized National Committeeman Fred Agnich, and even GOP leadership is evidenced in the treatment of former Treasury Secretary John Connally were the elected and official Republican leadership denied at-large delegate seats. in states where Reaganites took over the GOP delegation. In Colorado, for example, only the Such kamikaze instincts seem to pre­ popularity of former Gov. John Love(R) staved dominate wherever Reaganites gather. In North off a Reagan sweep of the at-large delegation. Carolina, Reagan's primary victory over Ford Even former conservative Sen. Gordon A1lott(R) symbolized, the ascendancy of Sen. Jesse Helms was denied a pro-Ford seat. The Reaganite per­ (R) over Gov. James Holshouser. Helms, who formance led one observer to comment,"It re­ has publicly doubted the viability of the Re­ minds you just how little man has come since publican Party in the past and led a committee the cavemen." In order to save their organiza­ seeking conservative ,alternatives, kept Hol­ tional control, the party leadership in Color­ shouser off the Tarheel delegation. The re­ ado did not even seek delegation seats. Even jection of the governor and U.S.Rep. James Mar­ so, the Reaganites launched a last-minute e~­ tin(R) as pro-Ford delegates led Reese Cleg­ fort to oust Republican State Chairman Carl horn, editorial page editor of the Charlotte Williams, National Committeeman Keith Brown, Observer, to write: and National Committeewoman Jo Ann Gray. A sim­ ilar situation occurred in Idaho where Republi­ Holshouser's humiliation was unfortun­ can moderates concentrated on the party organ­ ate not so much because of the personal ization rather than at-large convention dele­ sting for him as because it futher solid­ gates. Although National Committeeman David ified rightwing control of North Carolina's Little was not opposed, Idaho National National struggling Republican Party. It can hardly Committeewoman Orriette Sinclair had to stave win elections if ideological purity is to be off a stiff challenge from Reagan activist so finely ground. This was not, after all, Leora Day. a battle between liberals and conservatives but a struggle between conservatives and In Arizona, Sen. Paul Fannin(R) was de­ rightwing purists. Who could describe Hol­ nied a delegation seat. In Missouri, Attorney shouser and Martin as liberals? General John Danforth(R) was denied a delega- Sen. H~lms already has shown his scorn for the Republican Party, except when it is (and thus, at least to many, such an ineffec­ a vehicle for his rigid ideology. Not long tive President), Ford may not even then be ago he called it "a dodo" and made moves able to close the gap (with Carter this fall) that amounted to a threat to forming another very much. And Reagan supporters may add to party. Ford's problems by not voting for anyone---rath­ If Saturday gave us"~an indication of er than vote for Ford. That bitterness and di­ how the Reagan forces wiil behave at the visiveness will have come about because of Ron­ national convention, the Republican Party ald Reagan. This would never have occurred if of recent years may indeed become a "dodo." he had not challenged the President." It has only a fifth of the nation's regis­ tered voters and it is not likely to win The portents for a Republican disaster majorities if it cripples itself with ideo­ do not bother conservative masochists like col­ logical obsessions. umnist Patrick Buchanan. Writing on criticism of Reaganites by Ford backers last May, Buchan­ The list of Republican officials ex­ an said:"There is nothing wrong with those Re­ cluded from convention participation is a publican 'nuts' out there, Mr. President. They long one. As Claghorn points out, the Rea­ are simply weary of the endless retreats, deals, ganites have generally excluded conservatives compromises, and cave-ins. counseled by the ---such as New Mexico's U.S.Rep. Manuel Lujan "practical politics" boys, who have just about (R) or Oklahoma GOP Chairman Paula Unruh--­ succeeded in stuffing you into the history not some fuzzy moderates. For years now,· books alongside Chet Arthur, the last GOP Pres­ Reaganite columnists have been proclaiming ident dumped at his party's convention." the emergence of a conservative majority ••• an emergence, they say, which is being thwart­ In a more recent column, Buchanan was ed by the continued existence of the Republi­ more explicit:"Let us face"facts. The hour can Party. National Review Publisher William is at hand when the Republicans, conservatives Rusher wrote a polemic for this viewpoint and liberals should gather together in the urging the establishment of an inclusive con­ halls of their fathers' mansions for a final servative party which would unite Reaganites farewell dinner, and "depart their separate ways. and Wal~aceites. Since Rusher acknowledges Republican conservatives will never support a the need for some compromise in the fusion liberal for President. Republican 'progres­ of social and fiscal conservatives, it is sives' will take a two-month siesta if Ronald strange that Reaganites have demonstrated such Reagan is the nominee. Ergo, every four years, a perverse lust for intra-party bloodletting. Republicans to remain together must unite be­ hind moderates and centrists, the lead item The inescapable conclusion is that the on whose political agenda is too often simply Reaganites don't care what happens to the GOP. divvying up the power, perquisites, and priv­ Their contribution to the Bicentennial seems ileges that go with control of the Executive to be the revival of bloodletting as a medical Branch of the government of the United States. practice. A year ago, conservatives had a Better this fall for the Republicans to go double blackmail strategy: Run Reagan if Ford down battling the seedy liberalism of this didn't turn right. Alternatively, Drop the capital city than to sink slowly beneath the GOP if that didn't work. Ford turned right waves, flying the bloodless banner of 'Peace, but the Reaganites found blackmail too enjoy­ Prosperity, and Trust.'" able to revert to less mundane pursuits. Reaganite expectations for their New Assuming Ford's nomination, the black­ Right Revival would ironically hinge on a mail may take either passive or active aspects. strong performance by former Minnesota Sen. The passive alternative is for Reaganites to Eugene McCarthy, who is making a determined either stay at home or vote for Carter. The bid for ballot positions in about 40 states. New York Times has already indicated that mas­ There, according to columnist Rusher, "his sive defections would occur in GOP ranks if presence will prove a mighty temptation to either Republican candidate were nominated. liberals who want to send their fellow Demo­ Talk of a Ford-Reagan ticket is, of course, crats" a message ••• his name on the ballot of meant to avert such a mutiny. Such a solu­ even 25 strategically important states would tion may bind up the GOP's wounds in much be enough to insure insomnia among Democrat­ the same way that a bandage can cover a can­ ic campaign managers this summer and fall." cer. The bandage la~ks any healing properties in much the same way that a Ford-Reagan ticket would only mask the GOP's wounds. Writing on Adds Rusher:"Over in the conservative Reagan's devastating impatt on the GOP, the camp, the major threat to a Ford candidacy(it Christian Science Monitor's Godfrey Sperling would not oppose Reagan is unquestionably the wrote in early July:"But because Reagan has combined operation being mounted by the newly made him look like such an inept candidate formed American Independence Party and its near-twin, William Shearer's American Inde­ erate-to-conservative support by appealing to pendent Party ••• They plainly intend to re­ Sunbe1t regional pride and by continuing to cruit a candidate from the right wing of the play his pious and patriotic tunes, while at GOP if Ford has meanwhile defeated Reagan at the same time giving the liberal and Left in­ Kansas City earlier that month, and nobody terest groups everything they desire in tan­ familiar with the grim mood of much of the gible matters.
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