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Show ! i Majority Of One Republican Syndrome By KAY ISRAEL With some dignity the governor cf New York tried to bow out of the active presidential race and announced so all could hear that he would accept a draft. When asked to make a statement on Vietnam, Viet-nam, the governor used such gob-bledygook gob-bledygook no one could readily claim Nelson Rockefeller as a sympathiser sym-pathiser in their Vietnamese position. posi-tion. Withdrawal Contest One reason for Rockefeller's withdrawal with-drawal was the belief that a one state contest in Oregon would fail to provide enough .of a contest between be-tween he and Nixon and would fail to be significant enough to show the strengths of one candidate over another. Rockefeller claimed also he had no serious mandate calling for his candidacy. Even if he had, Rockefeller had no real choice. This is the dilemma of the lib-eral lib-eral Republican today. It appears the phrase "soaring sixties" seems only to hold true for the conservative conserva-tive faction of the Republican Party. Par-ty. One can hardly believe the realities of today wherein a candidate can-didate can have the nomination of his party sown up following the first or second major primary of the year. Second Thought 1964 seems to show us some basic truths about the Republican Party. . Despite the failure of Goldwater to beat a write-in candidate, Henry Cabot Lodge, and a real candidate, Nelson Rockefeller, in some of the primaries, he virtually had the convention wrapped up in the manner man-ner of his opponent in the Demi-cratic Demi-cratic convention. Scranton's last minute surge or splurge proved to be as futile as that of Stassen this last week. The problem the Republicans Republi-cans would seem to face today is that of slow reflexes, concern about division rather than defeat and an endorsement of the hn never too late. Mlef at; The result may be th. or McCarthy supported ond thoughts if JoCn N nomination. The thought ?V son for four more year f be relished by 1 of Nzxon may not even C 5; To The Victor If victory does come tr ard Milhouse Nixon Jp1 can Party can no W! sidered as the party of J,"-says, J,"-says, the Javittses thpRn , but rather of ThuniS1 Reagan. The faUure 'f p Eisenhower to endorse nSJder an indication of the tj liberal or moderate in the Jt of Lincoln. If this is sufficient i entire response also included ik feeling that he not only didn't kn' if he would endorse Nixon he doubted he would. The Rpnilhliz-'an T3-,v... . be saddled with something that wrong. While in the Democra," Party, two men feel justified ' campaign and perhaps unseat -incumbent, the Republicans appf' to be unable to present any 4 native to a man who hasn't 01 political office in almost 12 yea-While yea-While the Democratic Party A form may be the only ound for the three canS the Republicans with the app ance of unity behind their can J have chosen to maJce their p?aS -the common ground. Roci g in his press conference saM , would be where Wouldtjt! his influence. Gov. f of Rhode Island, headrf publican Governor's CouteL said in a dispatch the goveriJ "will concentrate on developing tJ ommendations for . V. fee 'pari platform." ,' ommendations for . r. fee p3s ( platform." ,' Automated Victory The point is the inability of t Republican Party to react m st: a way as to pick a winner. On ', can't go so far as to predict tl ' automatic victory of the Den;:- ' cratic candidate, but one ca: readily indict the party of Lincc: for trying to avoid the obvious v: ner. Gallup for all he is won would tend to prove the validity; , 'this. The GOP candidate wil. have been chosen by the politic' debts and loyalties of 1960 at: 1964, rather than the public opic and political situation of 1968. Throughout this editorial pa: and the mailbox there are perse: ent pleas for the individual to f involved with the real thing at: to heck with the mock convention At least in one party and maybe i r both, many are being forced to as which conventions are in realir. t mock. I As far as the individual and tl 4 expression of public opinion ar- t. concerned, the "mock" convention; " though not accurate, prove to b the more realistic and open, whil the "real thing" may persist i. confirming what some predicted i 1964 or 1965. Come August, the res decision will have been made fore the delegates decide to vote. |