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Liberals were hardly satisfied with this arrangement and submitted a proposal of their own to enlarge the delegations from the big states. But they ran into opposition not only from small-state conservatives but also from big-state conservatives such as Ronald Reagan and James Buckley, who do not want to jeopardize control even if it means less clout for their delegations...
...surprising how many Republicans displayed overt hostility to the larger states, as if they had not learned the impossibility of maintaining a viable political party without them. Much of the conservatives' opposition was directed at any attempt to impose a quota system, or what New York Senator James Buckley called "the impulse to McGovernize the party." And, having seen how quotas divided the Democrats by favoring one group at the expense of another, liberals were as hostile to them as conservatives. The liberals simply argued that a greater variety of people must be drawn into the party, and this...
Given the near-unanimity of politicians on the subject, Conservative William F. Buckley Jr. has suggested that the U.S. and Israel formalize their relationship. "Why," he writes, "should we not propose to Israel annexation, as the 51st American state?" Buckley goes on to envision the advantages: "If Israel's foreign policy were written in Washington, the Arab countries' fear of Israeli expansionism would end"; presumably the U.S. would begin by returning all the territories conquered in the Six-Day War. "If Israel becomes part of the U.S., there is no further question of attacking the state of Israel...
...Buckley's "modest proposal" has a whimsically beguiling logic. After all, he remarks hyperbolically, Hawaii and Alaska are as far from Washington as Tel Aviv; and if Spanish-speaking Americans are allowed to vote, why not Hebrew-speaking Americans? Of course, Buckley concedes, some Israelis might object, but they might be won over, "provided we affirmed our dedication to states' rights...
...Nader staff contends that a Congressman's aides can handle most of the essential responses and does not insist on answers to all of them. Amazingly, nearly 90% of the members of Congress have cooperated with the young investigators. The holdouts include New York's Senator James Buckley, Michigan's Senator Robert Griffin, Arizona's Senator Barry Goldwater Sr. and his son California's Representative Barry Jr., and Colorado's Representative Wayne Aspinall...