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butters ruling infuriated party conservatives. For a prospective gubernatorial candidate, it was a gutsy thing to do. The fact that Butler did not hesitate to make the ruling may say something about his perception of where the real power within the party lies as the campaign of 1966 gears up.
Also, as SutleTs supporters point out, he is alone among the candidates in not having suffered some kind of defeat at some point in his political career.
They concede that Durrette staged the only real spectacular at Hampton, but they also insist that the real message of the convention may be that his support has narrowed within the party to the GOPs most conservative and vocal wing. Hence his noisy ovation.
However formidable that support may be, and however the campaigns of Parris, Bateman and Coleman may shape up, they also believe, rightly or wrongly, that a Anther message is that Butler is the real dark horse front-runner in the race for the GOP governor's nomination in 1966.
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