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Article: Kemp's surprising victory. (Jack F. Kemp, Republican state convention in Michigan)
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- National Review
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- April 10, 1987
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KEMP'S SURPRISING VICTORY
THE STAKES were higher than usualat the Republican state convention held last month in Lansing, Michigan. Jack Kemp's organization in Michigan, which has been rapped for poor performance in the past, cut a series of deals with Pat Robertson's supporters in order to wrest control of the state party from Vice President Bush's supporters. Kemp's people pulled it off. The question is, Will the deals backfire?
Kemp did poorly in last August'sprecinct elections (the first tier of Michigan's three-tiered delegate-selection process), rounding up less than 20 per cent of the delegate support. In contrast, Robertson and Bush each got 40 ...