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Line 32: − + − − The Arkansas GOP found it difficult to function without Rockefeller’s financial asupport. As time passed, one might conclude that the state GOP had made only minimal progress in its political mission though some of the “good government” programs that it had championed were adopted under Rockefeller and in subsequent administrations beginning with his immediate successor, [[Dale Bumpers]]. In time, the GOP moved beyond Rockefeller’s legacy to reflect the pattern of Republican growth in most other southern states, more conservative and less moderate than Rockefeller and Caldwell had championed in Arkansas.<ref>Blair and Barth, ''Arkansas Politics and Government'', pp. 71-72</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/wr-the-progressive/Content?oid=2177478|title=Ernest Clifton Dumas, "WR, the progressive"|publisher=arktimes.com|accessdate=June 3, 2012}}</ref> + +
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In 2003, Caldwell was honored at a dinner by then Governor [[Mike Huckabee]] for Caldwell's role in sponsoring legislation during the 1970s to expand the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock.<ref name=statement/> Journalist Douglas Smith, formerly of the ''Arkansas Gazette'', described Caldwell as “liberally-minded. I thought highly of him."<ref>Statement of Douglas Smith, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 2011</ref>
In 2003, Caldwell was honored at a dinner by then Governor [[Mike Huckabee]] for Caldwell's role in sponsoring legislation during the 1970s to expand the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock.<ref name=statement/> Journalist Douglas Smith, formerly of the ''Arkansas Gazette'', described Caldwell as “liberally-minded. I thought highly of him."<ref>Statement of Douglas Smith, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 2011</ref>
Rockefeller had few members of his own party to guide his programs through the legislature. Eleven Rockefeller [[veto]]es were overridden, far more than for other Arkansas governors.<ref>Diane Divers Blair (1938-2000) and Jay L. Barth (born 1939), ''Arkansas Government and Politics'', 2nd ed. ([[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]: [[University of Nebraska]] Press, 2005), p. 71</ref> He was at the beckoning of Democrats, who ultimately determined the fate of his programs. One of those Democrats, House Speaker [[Sterling R, Cockrill]], provided assistance to Rockefeller and in 1970 even joined the Republican Party and ran for [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas|lieutenant governor]] when [[Maurice Britt]] decided against seeking a third term.<ref>“The Conscience of an Arkansan,” Pamphlet from the 1970 campaignof Sterling Cockrill for Lieutenant Governor</ref>
Rockefeller had few members of his own party to guide his programs through the legislature. Eleven Rockefeller [[veto]]es were overridden, far more than for other Arkansas governors.<ref>Diane Divers Blair (1938-2000) and Jay L. Barth (born 1939), ''Arkansas Government and Politics'', 2nd ed. ([[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), p. 71</ref> He was at the beckoning of Democrats, who ultimately determined the fate of his programs. One of those Democrats, House Speaker [[Sterling R, Cockrill]], provided assistance to Rockefeller and in 1970 even joined the Republican Party and ran for lieutenant governor when Maurice L. "Footsie" Britt decided against seeking a third term.<ref>“The Conscience of an Arkansan,” Pamphlet from the 1970 campaignof Sterling Cockrill for Lieutenant Governor</ref>
The Arkansas GOP found it difficult to function without Rockefeller’s financial asupport. As time passed, one might conclude that the state GOP had made only minimal progress in its political mission though some of the “good government” programs that it had championed were adopted under Rockefeller and in subsequent administrations beginning with his immediate successor, [[Dale Bumpers]]. In time, the GOP moved beyond Rockefeller’s legacy to reflect the pattern of Republican growth in most other southern states, more conservative and less moderate than Rockefeller and Caldwell had championed in Arkansas.<ref>Blair and Barth, ''Arkansas Politics and Government'', pp. 71-72</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/wr-the-progressive/Content?oid=2177478|title=Ernest Clifton Dumas, "WR, the progressive"|publisher=arktimes.com|accessdate=June 3, 2012}}</ref>
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