it was more than likely to take them to the 1954 presidential campaign of barry goldwater. rand was, at the start of his presidential campaign, and added goldwater fan who broke from the traditional stance of neutrality to urge readers of her primary as republicans to vote for barry goldwater. she felt that passionately -- the enthusiasm slowly began to flag as her enthusiasm for when the willkie flag at the same moment. and wanted barry goldwater to talk about capitalism and fundamental principles. she wanted him to make clear the importance of the separation of church and state. she felt he began to muddy his message and lose his appeal and and in the end she blamed him for losing the election. before she had her final disillusionment -- in his newsletter, member interested in followers were as enthusiastic about goldwater as they were about ayn rand. i read another excerpt that speaks to this. young enthusiasts notice he seemed to embody ayn rand's iconography of the independent manly hero. and at the libertarian remembered, quote, more important than his message was the

group like yaf but also more than likely would take them to the 1964 presidential campaign of barry goldwater. rand herself but the beginning of the presidential campaign the avid goldwater fan a broker traditional stance of neutrality to urge readers of her news later to register in a primary as republicans to vote for barry goldwater. she felt that passionately about him winning the nomination. after he entered a the campaign her enthusiasm began to fade just as her enthusiasm had flagged down about the same moment. rand wanted him to talk about capitalism and fundamental principles and make clear the importance of the separation of church and state. she felt he began to muddy the message and lose his own appeal and in said she blamed him for losing the election. but before she had her final disillusionment she plant cold water in the newsletter and a number of first data followers were about as enthusiastic about cold water as they were about rand. so here read another excerpt that speaks to this. young goldwater enthusiast quickly noticed he seemed to perfectly embodied the idea of the in

in the republican party on its right, you had barry goldwater and on its left, you had jacob javits.the democratic party you might have had eastloand of mississippi and ted kennedy. Ñííthe coalitions were made up n the basis of philosophy and public policy. that is to say, the conservative element in the democratic party worked with the conservative element of the republican party. similarly, on the progressive side, both parties and coalitions and there was a moderate middle of worked together. you had people that work across the aisle by necessity in order to advance the political agenda. now, regrettably, on one side of the aisle, it is basically we will not reach across the aisle. we want to take this legislation down. the difference is, there is a different view from the minority point of view. they are very narrow. the breadth of political ideology is in the democratic party. russ feingold saione and at one end. it is much easier to discipline the republican party, particularly if their agenda is to stop any legislation rather than to constructively work with the majority party