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He left that job when jimmy carter became a president and a player in national republican politics. running against ronald reagan in the 1980 primary. winning some but withdrawing when it became clear he wont be the nominee. reagan believed he could help him win the party moderates and named him running mate. vice president bush spent time on the road. he was reagan s air apparent in 1988. i was a kinder and gentler nation. like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. reporter: he made a campaign promise that would come back to haunt him. read my lips. no new taxes. reporter: selection of a running mate surprised many. my choice for the vice president. is senator dan quail of indiana. voters supported the ticket. the nations 41st president bush
to help us understand what this purging of party moderates means for the republican prospects in the senate this year and maybe the longer term consequences for the republican party, we re joined by two experts here. stu rothenberg, editor and publisher of the rothenberg political reporter, and don balz, national political reporter, and grand puma of the washington post political team over there. stu, let me start with you. you put it out first immediately. you moved virginia from lean democrat to lean republican. prospects for them to take over the senate today? significantlily worse today than yesterday. this delaware seat was part of the mathematical calculation, the republicans netting ten seats, withdraw one. it s still a long shot. it was always tougher, but this is much tougher now. what is this now? what are the last three or four seats now that suddenly have to get more tension from national republican ifs they truly want to continue to make the claim? it s certainly still the big three of washington, california,
Against an array of contestants for that seat. this is all quite bizarre. i can remember when moderates were not only at home in the republican party, they were viewed as the party establishment. barry gold water, quote, extremist is no vice, many in the party were appalled and refused to join in his campaign. today he could face the challenge for being too liberal. his stances on social issues could even be getting his conservative credentials challenged. if mainstream conservatives can now be thrown under the bus along with party moderates, the republicans may well be purging themselves out of national contention. i remember the old grauch cho marks line, refusing any club that would accept him as a member. if it keeps purging itself like it is now and moving its membership standards further and further to the right, the republicans could find themselves shrinking to a party that a great majority of americans don t want to join. that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us.