Mark, My only problem with PJB is that if elected, will he surround himself with the CFR and TC traitors? Personnaly, I need some "sign" that he will clean house and remove that influence from the conduct of our affairs once and for all. I may be incorrect on this, but it seems to me that Reagan campaigned for the WH claiming he would remove them, but lo and behold look what happened. Bard
GO PAT GO ! Get the hell out of the Republican Party. http://www.freep.com/news/politics/qpat13.htm[The freep][news][politics] [news area navigation map] [Image] [Search] Buchanan rethinks GOP run He may seek backing on Reform Party ticket September 13, 1999 FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON -- Lagging badly in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination, Patrick Buchanan said Sunday he was strongly leaning toward switching to a run for the Reform Party nomination. "The door really is wide open," Buchanan said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "We are very close to making that decision." Buchanan wants to decide by Oct. 15 whether to seek the Reform Party nomination. The initial reaction from Reform Party officials was mixed. Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, the highest-ranking officeholder in the Reform Party, has been wary of Buchanan. On Friday, the Capitol Hill newspaper, the Hill, published an interview in which Ventura ruled out "a retread from another campaign or another party" as the Reform Party's candidate. But Pat Choate, the Reform Party's vice-presidential nominee in 1996, said party members would "work their hearts out" for Buchanan. Buchanan said he is being swayed by the belief that "my party at the national level has become a Xerox copy, basically of the Democratic Party." The idea of a third-party candidacy by Buchanan is making the Republican front-runner, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, nervous, Time magazine reported in its issue on newsstands today. It said a private poll conducted by Frank Luntz, a GOP consultant, found Buchanan would win 6 percent of the vote in a three-way contest with Bush and Vice President Al Gore, who is leading for the Democratic nomination. Two-thirds of the Buchanan vote, the poll found, would come from Bush supporters. MORE POLITICS STORIES FREEP FRONT | NEWS FRONT TODAY'S STORIES ------------------------------ * Buchanan rethinks GOP run - * Real politics * Clintons cast shadow on Gore Comments? Questions? You can reach us at The Freep [navigation bar] All content � copyright 1999 Detroit Free Press and may not be republished without permission.
