Rumblings on the Right: On the Hill, conservatives are up in arms over certain Bush policies, among them, says Rep. Vin Weber (R., Minn.), “the level of response to Lithuania, the National Endowment for the Arts funding, the very overt invitation of gay activists to the White House [for signing of Hate Crimes bill].” .. Howard Phillips, of Conservative Caucus, says: “More and more conservatives are talking about it [the Bush White House] as the Nelson Rockefeller Administration that never was.” . . Newt Gingrich believes White House is missing the boat on growing American criticism of permissiveness in many areas: abortion, drugs, pornography, cultural issues. Evans & Novak see major moves by pollster Robert Teeter and 1988 GOP convention manager Fred Malek to nudge the President left on abortion issue. … Move by Ann and Roger Stone to set up a Republicans for Choice organization to change party’s stance on abortion has stunned, and is splitting, conservative forces in the Beltway, given Stone’s major role in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign. . . . Alan Guttmacher Institute reports that 46 per cent of American women over 45 have had an abortion. … In massive late-April right-to-life rally in Washington, one poster said it all: “It’s a Child, Not a Choice.”
Nightmare in the making for Massachusetts Democrats. Conservative state House Minority Leader Steven Pierce is overwhelming favorite to win GOP gubernatorial nomination. Almost more spectacular, Boston President John Silber—a conservative Democrat—has outstripped Dukakis candidate Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy (24 to 19 per cent) in latest Boston poll and trails frontrunner Frank Bellotti by only 12 points. Silber’s advertising blitz, coupled with blasts from Boston Globe, has galvanized conservatives. Silber is expected, at June 1—2 convention, to
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