Romney May Signal End of Establishment Republicans’ Rule
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Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ever since Ronald Reagan, theRepublican Party has moved steadily to the right. Yet in Tampathis week, for the seventh consecutive time, Republicans willnominate a mainstream presidential candidate after rejectingmovement conservatives.
No one would confuse Willard Mitt Romney with a populist ormovement conservative; he oozes establishment. So did the otherpresidential nominees since Reagan, both Presidents Bush, BobDole and John McCain.