Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee, called to privatize TVA, while President Lyndon Johnson pledged not to sell.

That hard turn started 60 years ago this week when Republicans nominated Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona at the July 13-16, 1964, Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace near San Francisco.

That hard turn started 60 years ago this week when Republicans nominated Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona at the July 13-16, 1964, Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace near San Francisco.

Sixty years ago, Arizona's Barry M. Goldwater was called an extremist. Here's how he paved the way for extreme forms of conservatism in US politics.

Dirksen was instrumental in 1955 in making Goldwater chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, a job that put Barry into constant contact with Republicans all over the U.S. and ...