CONSERVATIVE STATES ADRIFT: Introduction
Hillyer, Quin
I N ITS BEGINNINGS, THE MODERN CONSERVATIVE movement was little more than an uphill effort to rally around a single national leader at a time.first Ohio's RobertTaft and then Arizona's Barry...
...Ark" my hund,~ strtmq era)ugh:' Stnmg enough t(J I~.at hack a publicly funded...
...But tht' r11ottc~ wils prl'lly ;Jt.'~.'UrillL" in tt'nllS cff C)hi, l~4itics...
...Party Wars in Arizona l 'r is ~ s vJ-ttu, ~'~ sl~ ,tr in July, and (.';wolyn Allen is talking, makin~ her w:w t|m~ugh t,.v(P d()zen t~L'()i)Ie ~;lt IIt.'red inside :l golf course cluhhou...
...Barry's nephew Don Goldwater is considered a long shot for governor, while maverick Sen.john IHcCain is perhaps more a divisive figure for the internally riven state party than a unifying one...
...11io's Rt, publican Party rt,'mains ! , " ~ ~ ~ THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR 27...
...In Arizona...
...l)unt;~in ilills, and Hi() Verde...
...crucial al~,dn hi till, ~(M)~ pn.,.,qdenti,d elo.'tion, thi.,, ve;w's t, JL,~.-t io11.~ fibr ~l}~,'t, r l l t ) r ;lllt,] [ '..~, ~,l.,n:|t t, Jl;t'r stx'cial wt'igilt t'vidt'nctxl by tht" frt'(tut'ncy w i t h which he;txTwcights fr~ml tx~til p;irlit,s, including Prt, sident (;e~)r~e W. Bush ;Jnd ~,n,flt~rs Ilill;Jrx C l i n t t m :lnd J~)hn Mc('atin...
...ruprt.senting [x.gislativt...
...l'tlis m~)rning she's d()ing tilt.' h:lndshake thing...
...fresh off an influential run for House Hajority Leader in which he played kingmaker for Ohio's Rep.john Boehner...
...ide~ ~h)~ical ly rue led cand id:lte...
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...wh ich she...
...r In Ohio...
...John Shadegg...
...l It.'r h:mds :lrL, gnarled and misshalx.n, the rusult (ffl);=d...
...a favorite among national conservatives, makes his long-awaited run for the Buckeye State's governorship...
...Tilt' 2~>~)4 prt, s i d e n t i a l electi~n was ~ clo...
...I)istrict H, which (.'()vers ,)he ,)t" t h e t{)niest-and most Rel}ub[i(.'andistricts in tilt = nation, representing nlC).~t of.'Scottsd-'iie...
...My money (figuratively speaking), by the way...
...Shu shakes ]l:mds st r{)ngly...
...Conservatives nationwide therefore ought to pay close attention to elections in Arizona and Ohio this year...
...I N ITS BEGINNINGS, THE MODERN CONSERVATIVE movement was little more than an uphill effort to rally around a single national leader at a time.first Ohio's RobertTaft and then Arizona's Barry Goldwater...
...Blackwell to pull out a gubernatorial victory in Ohio...
...dollt' 10.(XX) ti T11~.',~ J~'fc )rt...
...the descendants of Taft and Goldwater are still prominent in the Republican Parties of their respective states, and Republican elected officials from both states continue to play prominent national roles~ut not all is well for Republicans in either jurisdiction...
...Qu~N HtLL~r Buckeye Blues i:, % ; ; "'" : ;" F q m s j_~tL~, q ~HI~ "~ sit x ; ~, was "'T|I~' h~.;t,rt ~fl" it ;t]j.'" it ViI~LIt' .~tiJtt'Inl'nl lhilt lllitt,]t' rt, sidt, nls pr~)ud cff tht'ir .\litlwt'stt'm-rlt'ss...
...But she must w.nder...
...lllt,J ( ) h i t ) .-;4 ) t'Jtn.'t~ )nil I.v i n l l x ) r l i | J l t, t ]lilt .,~ )Jilt' I )eJn~'rats still claim (:J~;linst :ill (tfl]cial findings) that the r:iuL' w;is sh~l~.n...
...scandals surroundingTaft grandson RobertA.Taft II have made that state's long-dominant GOP suddenly vulnerable up and down the ticket just as Kenneth Blackwell...
...St rt Jtl~ e m JU~l t () Ix'at back the i• m.'ll attacks...
...bad a r t h r i - tis...
...as important barometers of Republican and conservative strength heading into a possible 2008 presidential match-up against Hillary Clinton.The articles below describe the current layof-the-land in those two key states, unvarnished, as the 2006 elections approach...
...has gone amazingly low-profile...
...is still on Mr...
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...Today...
...AIh, n is 6 () ;-ill(.] runnin~ fi)r r~,-t.,It.,t.'ti,m t() tht., Arizona St:lit., Senatt...
...St r~,lg enough t=, waI4t' her Ov~'n...
...lllt,] il is m)w lllt)rt, it~.'O.l r;)l t. lhiJn ~.,v~.,l...
...l;.JVt, |k~t, tl v i s i t i n g tilt, st;fie t h i s ~Urlllllt, r. Meanwhih...
Vol. 39 • September 2006 • No. 7
