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Neither of the other two contenders have shows they have much to offer. David M. Bartley, a university president after leaving the speakership of the Massachusetts House, has been of a disappointment, and his sudden pledge to oppose any tax increases rocks of the worst Reaganaut pandering. Connolly is distinctive only in that his appearance and gestures bear a remote resemblance to those of Bill Murray...
Neither of the other two contenders have shown they have much to offer. David M. Bartley, a university president after leaving the speakership of the Massachusetts House, has been of a disappointment, and his sudden pledge to oppose any tax increases reeks of the worst Reaganaut pandering. Connolly is distinctive only in that his appearance and gestures bear a remote resemblance to those of Bill Murray...
...real battle for control of the Republican Party in 1988 will probably involve pragmatists, such as Baker and Dole, fighting against the pop-cons, possibly represented by Kemp, with Bush struggling to be viewed as a loyal Reaganaut but generally perceived as part of the pragmatist claque. Both wings will have to pitch themselves to a new generation of voters: the maturing baby boomers, who are not yet clearly identified as either Republican or Democrat...
...city is so conservative that even its gay community has a Reaganaut flavor."There are thousands of gay Republicans in this town," says one of them. "We pack some power." Dallas, with over 900,000 people, seventh biggest metropolis in the nation, is the largest city with a manager form of government. It wants the world to know that politics has no place in municipal services here. Sewers and garbage are attended to with dispatch. Potholes-called chuckholes in Dallas-are supposedly filled within three hours. Dallas is a clean family town. In preparation for the convention, a "Haul...
...thus, without searching discussion, sharp debate or a reflection of frustration, Reagan made one of the most potentially fateful decisions of his presidency. Barring some reversal that no Reaganaut who knows the boss well dares to expect, the President on Jan. 17 will submit to Congress a budget with a deficit roughly as large as the one envisioned by Stockman. To most of the top advisers gathered in the Cabinet Room on that day last month, the implications of a deficit of such magnitude were chillingly obvious: continued economic uncertainty, bitter battles with Congress and possible repudiation of the Administration...