Word: reforms
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Soon after, National Reform Party Chair Jack Gargan, a Ventura supporter, was ousted from his leadership position at a Tennessee meeting where scuffles broke out between members on the meeting floor. Gargan was replaced by Perot's former vice presidential running mate Pat Choate...
National College Reform Party (NCRP) member Jared M. Rhoads says he believes the divisions hurt the party, but are sometimes necessary in the beginning stages of a movement...
...Everybody recognizes the great potential of the Reform party, and since the party is in its infancy, we have lots of different people trying to mold it to their own ideologies or add a little extra feature here or there," Rhoads writes in an e-mail message. "We aren't just a bunch of blind followers, so every little thing gets contested...
...Part of the infighting is due to conflicting egos, but most of it is just because we are all so passionate about political reform," he writes. "It's healthy in some way, but I think it has to stop. We are shooting ourselves in the foot, really, whenever we come across as disorganized or a circus...
While Buchanan appears to be the likely Reform nominee, his selection is alienating moderate voters--especially the student base which has always been attracted to the Reform Party...