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With Goldwater’s nomination assured on the first ballot with upwards of 700 votes, the Liberal leaders who have so long lorded it over the Republican Party have been exhibiting all the symptoms of an acute state of shock. The performance at and around the Governors’ Conference, with Scranton, Romney and Rockefeller contradicting themselves and each other, amid uncertain winds wafting from Gettysburg, was high comedy. A stop-Goldwater movement would have been difficult enough had California gone the other way. Now, despite Scranton’s last-minute drive, it is essentially without substance.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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With Goldwater’s nomination assured on the first ballot with upwards of 700 votes, the Liberal leaders who have so long lorded it over the Republican Party have been exhibiting all the symptoms of an acute state of shock. The performance at and around the Governors’ Conference, with Scranton, Romney and Rockefeller contradicting themselves and each other, amid uncertain winds wafting from Gettysburg, was high comedy. A stop-Goldwater movement would have been difficult enough had California gone the other way. Now, despite Scranton’s last-minute drive, it is essentially without substance.

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