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before her days in the Arizona State Senate. But would she — should she ~~ leave the court? The other is Interior Secretary Donald Hodel. A former Republican state chairman of Oregon, his credentials are ace-high with party officials all over the country. With 15 years' experience In federal govern ment positions — including two cabinet posts — his administrative abilities are tested and strong. The son of Canadian immigrants, he is a Westerner, born and bred — a horseman, a mountaineer, and an outdoorsman. Above all, he is a dyed-in-the-woot social conservative, who has spoken out strongly on every subject in the social-conservative agenda. From a conventional Protestant background io mention just one point, he and his wife Barbara, through the tragic death of their eldest son at 17, were “born again’ as Christians, and have given their testimony at religious gatherings ever since. A warm, friendly, and highly articulate man, Hodel has also spoken at conservative gathering: all over America in support of the Reagan administration and its agenda. It is safe to say that if he is not today the first Choice of every conservative leader and spokesman for the Republican vice presidential nomination, hit talalee would be welcomed warmly. by just about all. 5 +-And he would add immensely to the national appeal of the Republican ticket. When Gerald Ford, playing it safe the thought, picked Robert Dole at his running-mate in 976, James Teston wisecracked, “That ticket will run strongly all the way from Grand Napids to Topeka.” A Bush-Hodel ticket, by way of sora Salene strongly all the way from the
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 09, 1988
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