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==On the direction of the GOP==

==On the direction of the GOP==

Grover and Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John G. Tower]] disagreed over the focus of the GOP.  Grover wanted the party to move in a [[populism|populist]] direction to attract those who had previously favored [[Alabama]] Governor [[George C. Wallace]], for president and combine those otherwise traditionally Democratic voters with the Republican base, consisting mostly of fiscal conservatives. Tower favored a different approach to expand the party by attracting middle-of-the-roaders who stressed "good government" and those with economically conservative views.  

Grover and Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]] disagreed over the focus of the GOP.  Grover wanted the party to move in a [[populism|populist]] direction to attract those who had previously favored [[Alabama]] Governor [[George C. Wallace]], for president and combine those otherwise traditionally Democratic voters with the Republican base, consisting mostly of fiscal conservatives. Tower favored a different approach to expand the party by attracting middle-of-the-roaders who stressed "good government" and those with economically conservative views.  

Tower and Grover nearly came to fisticuffs in the 1972 campaign when [[Ernest Angelo]], the new [[mayor]] of Midland, Texas, tried to get the two to work out their differences. The bitterness persisted. While Grover lost his race to Briscoe, Tower was a relatively easy winner for a third term in the Senate over Democrat Harold "Barefoot" Sanders, a former federal judge. The Grover approach appeared to have been vindicated with the 1976 primary victory of former [[California]] Governor [[Ronald W. Reagan]] in the first Texas GOP presidential primary in which voters chose the delegates. Indeed, Grover supported Reagan in 1976 over Tower's choice, the late [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]].  Tower's approach was, however, consistent with the later successes in Texas of [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]. In his 1991 autobiography, Tower referred to Grover in only one paragraph.<ref>

Tower and Grover nearly came to fisticuffs in the 1972 campaign when [[Ernest Angelo]], the new [[mayor]] of Midland, Texas, tried to get the two to work out their differences. The bitterness persisted. While Grover lost his race to Briscoe, Tower was a relatively easy winner for a third term in the Senate over Democrat Harold "Barefoot" Sanders, a former federal judge. The Grover approach appeared to have been vindicated with the 1976 primary victory of former [[California]] Governor [[Ronald W. Reagan]] in the first Texas GOP presidential primary in which voters chose the delegates. Indeed, Grover supported Reagan in 1976 over Tower's choice, the late [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]].  Tower's approach was, however, consistent with the later successes in Texas of [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]. In his 1991 autobiography, Tower referred to Grover in only one paragraph.<ref>