Republicans: What Are the Moderates Doing?

Michigan's Romney is not the only moderate Republican leader who is wrestling with the problem of what to do about Barry. Among others, several have decided to work actively for Goldwater, quite a few have chosen to pretend that Barry doesn't exist, and hardly anybody so far has actually come out against him.

Dwight Eisenhower, notably silent in recent weeks, has not yet firmed up plans to hit the stump for Goldwater. But he already is taping nationwide telecasts with Barry at Gettysburg, the first of which, on national defense and foreign policy,...

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