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The second issue was extremism. It had produced the major conflict of the convention when the G.O.P. moderates sought to insert an anti-extremism plank in the party platform. Goldwater's delegates shouted them down, and Barry threw the issue back in the moderates' faces. "I like those...
Uphill Fight. Throughout, Barry refused to back down. He felt the remarks had been misconstrued, but even more, he was simply not going to stand still for criticism from the moderates.
Even if the moderate wing of his party were wholeheartedly behind him, Goldwater would face an uphill battle against Lyndon Johnson-and the moderates are clearly unenthusiastic. On the face of it, his chances would seem to be nil. But in 1960 the G.O.P. lost the presidency by one of...
In an upper gallery of the Cow Palace, Maryland Republican David Scull, a candidate for Congress in the November elections, sat brooding as Barry Goldwater's juggernaut flattened the G.O.P.'s moderates. "Only a quarter of the country is Republican," scowled Scull, "and only a third of the...
However much the convention antics and dramatics on the Cow Palace floor seemed to be spun out by pro-Goldwater rote, one thing worth watching was the Republican moderates' death battle on the platform issues. Unfortunately, the climax came too late for much of the Eastern U.S. to follow...