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Governor, what do you think of this Republican convention here in your hometown?

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Well, I think we've had two days to the low road, and now I suppose Nixon will emerge

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on the high road tonight.

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What do you think of the so-called peace between the Nixon and Rockefeller forces?

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I admire Governor Rockefeller's valiant efforts, but it's all too clear what happened now that

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Nixon used Governor Rockefeller to cut the cord or appear to cut the cord with Eisenhower.

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What do you think of their platform, sir, especially the civil rights?

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I don't think it's quite adequate.

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They say that the ticket will be a Nixon Lodge ticket, sir.

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How do you think that will shape up against the Kennedy-Johnson ticket?

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Well, I think I will prefer the Kennedy-Johnson ticket than most of the people in the country will.

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I think they all realize now that we're going to have to have a change and begin to face

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realistically the problems that confront our country and the world.

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The President said this morning that the Republicans had to be a middle-of-the-road party, sir.

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Would you comment on that?

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I think that that's the President's view, and that the Republicans' hearts still belong

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to Dirksen, to Goldwater, to Judd, but meanwhile Mr. Nixon is trying to be a me too liberal.

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I don't believe it'll work.

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Thank you, Governor.