By Patrick J. Buchanan – June 2, 1998

Conservatism triumphed in the GOP in 1964, and in the nation in 1980, because Goldwater and Reagan unapologetically championed the ideas — and reflected the fighting spirit — of the army on the ground. But even the staunchest defenders of the leaders of this Congress cannot say they are doing that today…

“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive – but to be young was very heaven!” So wrote Wordsworth of how his generation felt on first hearing news of the French Revolution.
And so it was when news came the night Barry Goldwater defeated Nelson Rockefeller in the California primary of 1964 and was now the certain nominee of the Republican Party.