Barry Goldwater was the last outsider to win the [[Republican]] nominee for president as a first-time candidate, in 1964, based on large part to the runaway bestselling book ''A Choice Not an Echo''. Though far more conservative than his [[liberal]] opponent, [[Nelson Rockefeller]], some of Goldwater's views did not exemplify the above list of conservative positions. | Barry Goldwater was the last outsider to win the [[Republican]] nominee for president as a first-time candidate, in 1964, based on large part to the runaway bestselling book ''A Choice Not an Echo''. Though far more conservative than his [[liberal]] opponent, [[Nelson Rockefeller]], some of Goldwater's views did not exemplify the above list of conservative positions. |