conservative Republicans.
"Political Parties and Presidential Ambi- tion" James W. Ceaser, in The Journal of ~olitics (Aug. 1978), University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 3261 1.
Political parties, long a central feature of America's form of govern-
ment, are exercising a waning influence over both the selection of Pres-
idents and their behavior once in office, thanks in part to recent party
reforms instituted in the name of "direct democracy" and greater
"fairness"...