The nation is blessed for the late Sen. James Buckley’s service; let us hope it still bears his like.
For a reminder of the surprises politics can hold even in hyperliberal New York, look no further than Jim Buckley’s victory in the 1970 US Senate race on theIt wasn’t just the first third-party Senate win in decades, it was a shocking right-wing victory in a state whose topAnd, as Herb Stupp, who led Youth for Buckley that year,of the Election Night celebration, “The New York Times reported that the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria was filled with a ‘sea of young people,’ not the...
And Buckley’s comments that night still hold: “The American people want a new course; they want a new politics.”, “He paused for the slightest moment, then added, ‘And I am the voice for the new politics.’ A roar ensued. Would that we could roar again to such a man, and such a promise.” Buckley’s win proved a harbinger of future right-of-center wins in New York, not least Ronald Reagan’s carrying the state in 1980 as Al D’Amato won a Senate seat., was as remarkable as his younger brother Bill: Among much else, he was one of the few Americansto serve near the top in all three branches of the federal government: legislative in the Senate, executive and judicial .
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