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Shaking Up the Republican Party
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Item Title Shaking Up the Republican Party
Guest Dowd, William
Guest Kean, Thomas H.
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedJuly 06, 1988
Description

Mr. Kean--who would be the keynote speaker at the Republican convention the

following month--had indeed shaken up his party with his landslide re-election three

years earlier, in which he had won 60 per cent of the black vote and two-thirds of the

union vote. Was the secret of his success a laudable "politics of inclusion"? Or was it--

as some Republicans protesting his choice as keynote speaker argued--that he was a

Democrat in Republican's clothing? Or was it simply his personal attractiveness, which

comes through clearly on this show? A low-key but interesting discussion of a

moderate's views: "I found a simple fact, and that is that crime is much greater in the

black community than anywhere else in the state, so if you stress law and order, blacks

are just as concerned about that if not more concerned than anybody else."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0783
Record Number80040.1029
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