gone forever and that for ~'L.'r to regain a position of national prominence and political power, it must reinvent itself. Therein lies the problem: the various factions within the GOP span the ideological spectrum and many predict that the coming struggle to define the party might rip it apart. Conservatives, evangelicals and moderates all think they know how to bring the American people back into the Republican fold. The question is: Who's right? (continued on page 4) In the Mainstream of American Thought ... n loday's world, everyone has an opinion. Be it the righl­ I wing Republicans or the lefl-wing Democrats, the voices thai are heard seem to come loudest from the fringes of American political thought. Not anymore. The Ripon Forum seeks to go beyond unrealistic ideologies and represents a vo ice for those in the mainstream MONEY IN POLITICS of America. After all, it's people like you who elect our leaders and are affected by our public policies. Whether it 's di scuss ion on what's really wrong with the federal government or a discussion on the realignment of our political system , Th e Forum has it all. C-------------------------i lOY ES! Send me The Ripon Forum for the coming year for onty $18! 1 I (students, people in the military service and Peace Corps volunteers pay only $9) I I Name: I IAddress: I I I I· ---------------- I I City: State : Zl P: I I You may FAX your subscription card [0 (202) 543-9237. I lOr mai l illO The Ripon Forllm. 700 Second Slreet NE. Wash in gton. D.C. 20002 I L _________________________ ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER STORY GOP PO I.lTICS The GOP in '93 .............................. 4 The Other Bill..... .......................... 16 Ripon Ediior David FJISCJl S looks allhe GOP and why il Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld is cllllin8 toxes and social IIO W cOllsislS ollour vel}' differemfactiolls. programs, bill wi/f illlml his stale orOl/lld? PROFILES AND PERSPEC IlVES Campaign itl Crisis ........................ 19 Jin' Pinkerton .......................... ....... 7 Bob Milchell illl'e.wigates why more challenger money If Blish's policy advisor kllew how 10 win the '92 eleelioll, could have meam all extra GOP cO l/gressman in why could,,', he gel anyone 10 lisle,,? the I03rd Congress. EYE ON THE ADMINISTRATION Bill Cli7lton, You Are Closet Evangelicals........ ................ 29 Fred Kellogg examilles the evangelical movement and ils No Jack Kenlp ......... ...................... 10 misrepresefllatiofl by political Christian fundamentalists. AI leas/ as far as IIrbal/ poficy is concerned. DOIIOVOII Rypkema reports. BOO K REVI EWS Bill & Ai· Riponesque? ................. 12 Strange BedfeUows ....................... 20 William M cKemie slIggests that moderates mighl have 10 Palll Boyer's When Time Shall Be No More. share Ihe cellter of the polilicallpeclrum. Labor Leader's Loss....... ................. 22 H UMOR Robert B. Reich's book, The Work of Nations: Preparing Bill's Big Day ................................ 14 Ourselves for 21st Cent ury Capitalism, has good ideas bl/t Humorisl Harry Phillll)S looks al l nallgurarioll Day. skimps 0/1 reality. ClinlO II style. DEPARTMENTS Opinion. ........................................ 28 Washington Notes & Quoles.......... 26 1Vhat'.s ill a name: Mark Uncapher writes abom how and A Look atlhe New Moderates why moderates need 10 define themselves. The RIPON FORUM EDITO R David A. Fuscus THE RIPON FORUM (JSN 0035-5526) is published bi-monthly by The Ripon Society. Contents :Ire copyrighted 1993 by The Ripon Society, Inc., 7C1?J Second Street, N.E .• Suite 100, Washington, D.C. ASSOC IATE EDITOR 20002 Mi mi Carter PROoucnON EDITOR In the Ripon Forum, the publishers hope to provide a forum for fresh ideas, and a spirit of creative Ka thleen Halnon criticism and innova tion in public policy. 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Ripon is supported by chapter I!;========~d~u~e~'~, '~n~d~iv~id~u~'~l ~co~n~'~rib~u~tions. and revenues from its publications. COVER II STORY I THE GOP IN '93 or the last twelve years, Republicanism in America has been a cut and dried F affair; the GOP has had all illcumbellt presidellt to suppress ideology and make Ihe various factions ill the party gel along, key lIaliollal political positions like the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) have been dictated from 1600 Penllsylvania Aven ue. Because of this, there has been little room for the competing factiolls to fig ht with each other over the direction of the party, after all, all incumbellt president sets the policies/or both the lIarioll alld the parry lhat he leads. Can RepUblicans Since the d eva.~ t ati n g loss of George Bush marshalthcir forces and makea bid for intellect ual last November. many Republicans arc finding conlrol of the party. Several new think tanks and come together to themselves without a rudder to set the course for political action committees have been fonned with win a national ideology and party agenda. This situation has obvious agendas. the foremost being the creation election in 1996? lent ilSeifto some harsh words between factions of !X)liti cal support for the 1996 presidentia l wi th moderates blaming the loss of the White nomina tion. House on George Bush's finn embrace of h.. rd A look at the various factions and whatlhey core conscrvati ves and right wingers screaming are doing: that Clinton won bccauscof a Republican fa ilure to embrace conserva ti sm in all of its Econolnic Conservatives mani festations. This wing of the Republican party is best George Bu sh was defeat ed "not for typified by fonner Secretary of Housing and 19% conserv:uive ide.. ls. but for the inability to president ia l candidate Jack Kemp. Kemp and his prac tice conservative ideals" s:tid Paul \V eyrich all ies concentrate mainly on economic issues :tnd recently. head of the Frec Congress Foundmion have less fcarof the deficit than more mainstream and a leading spokesman for thc conservati ve conservatives like Senator Phi l Gramm of Texas. movement. Many thought thatthc first ball ic ror Kemp is unabashedly running for the 1996 GOP control or the Republican party would be fought nomination :md recently formed a new think tank over the election of th e first post-Reagan/Bush and political groupcallcd Em!X)wer America. He RNC chaimlan in January. Early fuvontes for hasbccnjoined in thiscffort by Vi n Weber. fonner the post were Lynn Martin. Bush's Secretary of Rcag:m SecfCtary of Education Bill Benneu and L...1bor and a leading moderate. and Vin Weber, fomler U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. a fonncrcongrcssman from Minnesota anda top "This organizati on is going to have a !X)int conscrvative thinker. However. much to the and an attitude. We' re not going tosimplycogitate. surprise of pundits expecting an internec ine we're going to agitate." said Benneu at the group's war. both cundidates dropped out of the race kick-off press conference. leavi ng no big name Republ icuns to banle it out By David A. Fuscus During the past few years. econo mic forthe!X)sl. Interestinglyenough. th e new RNC conservatives h.. vc tx.'C1l one of the leading idc.1 chairman. Haley Barbour. has said that although factories within the GOP and while m:my in the OUl'id A. FIIJcu.f is he is opposed to abortion. he is a big tent 'he Editor of party don't agree with all of their issues. most RepUblican. He re cently told Th e New York 'lie RilJO" Forum. Re publicans recog ni ze that themes like Times thul if Republicans insisted on pushing a empowerment . tess governm ent . educ:ttional social -value based agenda " that they ought to choice and free market problem so lving will have their heads examined." eventually become pan of the mess.1ges that a new Instead of an early fi ght for control of the RepUblican pany will begin broadcasti ng in its RNC, RepUblicans in all camps have dec ided to llie RI PON FOR UM 4 February/March 1993 coming effon to unsem President Clinton. the religious ri ght was onlhc wane aftcr thc 1989 demise of Jerry TIle alliance of Bennell and Kemp to found Empower Falwell's Moral Majority. However. a new and much more America is especially interesting because of the presidential effecti ve organi7.ation. The Christian Coalition, has sprung up ambitions of both men. Al the very least. lhis group represcnls under the leadership of Pm Robertson. a strong and fomlidable coalition within the Republican party While Ihe Christian Coalition isn't the onl y political organi­ which wil l certai nl y be a favorite horse in the mce fOf the 1996 zat ion wilh ils roots in evangelical Christian it y. it is by far the presidential nomimnion.