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Article: GOP foes hit party for attack on Smith: Senator will run on third-party ticket.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 12, 1999
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Three Republican presidential contenders - Steve Forbes, Gary Bauer and Pat Buchanan - yesterday criticized their party leaders for attacking Sen. Robert C. Smith of New Hampshire.
Mr. Smith, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, plans to announce tonight he will not seek the GOP nomination for president but instead will run on a third-party ticket.
Republican National Chairman Jim Nicholson and other GOP leaders were sharply critical of Mr. Smith's planned defection. "The decision is a serious mistake for you personally, with only a marginal political impact and a counterproductive one at that," Mr. Nicholson wrote to Mr. Smith.
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