| | Townhall.com::Conservative future for Pataki?::By William F. Buckley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | The Conservative Party of the state of New York put on a 40th birthday celebration on Thursday that was a happy affair, complete with a freshly published history of the party by George Marlin -- "Fighting the Good Fight" -- but there were strains in the middle-aged lady of material political consequence. |
 | | The question arises, on the 40th birthday, whether the Conservative Party, pursuing establishment orthodoxy notwithstanding the firebrand fidelity of Chairman Long, is losing its grip on conservatives, who are being asked to settle for a Governor Pataki 40 years after they balked at settling for a Governor Rockefeller. |
 | | Conservative dissenters from Pataki would need to write in G-o-l-i-s-a-n-o (this is chad-time again --no spelling errors permitted) and get X thousand of votes in order to force a primary. |
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