Republican Leaders Speak Out In a statement published August 30 in The New York Times, seventeen leaders and former elected officials called on the Republican Party to come back to the mainstream, including: Gov. David Cargo, New Mexico, 1967-71 Gov. Dan Evans, Washington, 1965-77 Gov. A. Linwood Holton, Virginia, 1970-74 Gov. Willam G. Milliken, Michigan, 1969-83 Gov. Walter R. Peterson, New Hampshire, 1969-73 Sen. Charles M. Mathias, Jr., Maryland, 1969-87 Sen. Robert T. Stafford, Vermont, 1971-89 Come Back to the Mainstream -- Republican Leaders Speak Out |