Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Buchanan cronies planning institute Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:23:03 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION \HD Buchanan cronies planning institute \BY Ralph Z. Hallow \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES Pat Buchanan opened his McLean home last night to friends and donors, as he had last year on the eve of his decision to challenge President Bush for the Republican presidential nomination. This time he had in mind something to last longer than the bruising and unsuccessful primary campaign he mounted 10 months ago: He wants to create a foundation to spread his "America first" views around the nation. The Buchanan Foundation? No, a source close to him said yesterday. Too ponderous. The Institute for the 21st Century? No, "institute" is also ponderous. The Council for a New Majority? That sounds better, the adviser said. The conservative intellectuals, campaign financiers and think-tank heads from outside the Beltway were to help Mr. Buchanan decide on the name last night. Will the foundation compete with the Republican Leadership Council, which his friend William Bennett, the former secretary of education, is thinking of starting with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp and retiring Minnesota Rep. Vin Weber? "No. In fact, I wish the RLC well," said the source, a top official in Mr. Buchanan's primary challenge. Why does a man who could resume his nationally syndicated column and return to television on a regular basis feel the need for an organization to spread his word? "We want to reach middle America. We feel we speak for them. Our issues are their issues. We could be the channel by which their ideas get out to the public," the adviser said. The plan is to bring together scholars, writers and activists who share Mr. Buchanan's views but are unknown to talk-show hosts and radio interviewers, several of the group's founders said. "We might put forward a professor at the University of Dallas who nobody knows to call for a TV or radio panel or interview. Maybe we can get whole teams of experts who can be out there on our behalf," the source said. A purpose that parallels Mr. Bennett's RLC proposal is tracking the Clinton administration's policies and actions and responding to them with conservative criticism and alternatives. "We have a list of Pat's people who will be approached," the former campaign official said. "They will have access to our seminars and literature that the foundation puts out as it is developed. They'll get our bimonthly newsletter and a correspondence." The target for unveiling the Buchanan organization is January, and last night's brainstorming and fund-raising session will not be the last. Meanwhile, Mr. Buchanan is working on a book about his campaign. He hopes to show a first draft to publishers in the next three months. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM