On the Scene Party Crashers

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‘I THINK we have a phenomenal opportunity,” says long-time conservative activist Howard Phillips. “I think we could elect a President in 1996.” And he’s not talking about the Republicans. Phillips likes the chances of his U.S. Taxpayers Party, founded in 1992 (it made the presidential ballot in 21 states) and dedicated to the proposition that any compromise of conservative principle is a vice. “Our hope,” he says, “is that events will unfold in such a way that the wisdom of our approach is ever more evident.”

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‘I THINK we have a phenomenal opportunity,” says long-time conservative activist Howard Phillips. “I think we could elect a President in 1996.” And he’s not talking about the Republicans. Phillips likes the chances of his U.S. Taxpayers Party, founded in 1992 (it made the presidential ballot in 21 states) and dedicated to the proposition that any compromise of conservative principle is a vice. “Our hope,” he says, “is that events will unfold in such a way that the wisdom of our approach is ever more evident.”