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For weeks now the 1976 Republican National Convention has shaped up as a tricky challenge to politicians and journalists alike, with the outcome more and more unpredictable. After the almost endless series of ups and downs in the fortunes of the candidates and the increasingly terse infighting, the convention promised...
The present plight of the G.O.P. argues against an easy comeback. As the party has grown smaller, it has become more set in its ways ?less willing to compromise or extend itself. Too many moderates have dropped out of the G.O.P., especially in reaction to Watergate. Local party organizations...
Despite Schmidt's political and economic successes in the international arena, he faces a stiff contest in the October political elections. The popularity of the Social Democrats (SPD) is sagging and there is no hopes that they will be able to win a clear majority in the fall elections. Worse...
Even Communist Party Secretary-General Santiago Carrillo called it "a step toward national reconciliation." Social Democratic Leader Antonio Garcia López went further. He described it as "the first dramatic step toward dismantling the dictatorship." Both men were referring to King Juan Carlos' decree granting amnesty to political...
JOHN RHODES, 59, who succeeded Ford as House minority leader, will be chairman of the Kansas City convention. A Goldwater conservative from Arizona, Rhodes is popular with many moderates as well. His opposition to environmental issues has landed him on a list of a "Dirty Dozen" marked for defeat by...