THE WEEK

“Republican hopefuls were doing and saying the same things that they had been doing and saying for weeks. But there was still news in their activities—and the biggest of all was that Arizona’s Barry Goldwater was running like the lower Gila River during a drought.” (Time, Feb. 14.) “Suddenly, like a brush fire racing out of control, the word crackled among informed Republicans: Goldwater’s almost got it.” (Time, May 8.) Racing down that dry river bed, no doubt.

Jock Whitney’s New York Herald Tribune, a semiofficial tout sheet for East Coast Liberal Republicanism, would like to support Rockefeller. But Rockefeller’s prospects are dimming; so the Trib is looking a little further over that away—to Sen. Jacob Javits (R., N.Y.), whose forthcoming book (an East Coast Manifesto) is getting enormous pre-pub coverage every day in the good old Trib. What the Trib may not know is that Jake Javits has said, privately, he’ll renege on the GOP if Goldwater gets the nomination —and presumably bolt to the Democratic Party. So unless the Trib wants to go Lib-DemiRep, doesn’t it look like the joke’s on Jock, Jake?

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“Republican hopefuls were doing and saying the same things that they had been doing and saying for weeks. But there was still news in their activities—and the biggest of all was that Arizona’s Barry Goldwater was running like the lower Gila River during a drought.” (Time, Feb. 14.) “Suddenly, like a brush fire racing out of control, the word crackled among informed Republicans: Goldwater’s almost got it.” (Time, May 8.) Racing down that dry river bed, no doubt.

Jock Whitney’s New York Herald Tribune, a semiofficial tout sheet for East Coast Liberal Republicanism, would like to support Rockefeller. But Rockefeller’s prospects are dimming; so the Trib is looking a little further over that away—to Sen. Jacob Javits (R., N.Y.), whose forthcoming book (an East Coast Manifesto) is getting enormous pre-pub coverage every day in the good old Trib. What the Trib may not know is that Jake Javits has said, privately, he’ll renege on the GOP if Goldwater gets the nomination —and presumably bolt to the Democratic Party. So unless the Trib wants to go Lib-DemiRep, doesn’t it look like the joke’s on Jock, Jake?