"Reagan is personally popular, but the party has gone nowhere," said Richard Viguerie, a Republican conservative direct-mail specialist.
The largest demand is for computer programmers, direct-mail specialists and highly skilled money managers, who traditionally have worked for the securities industry.
"Helms is probably right now the No. 1 respected conservative in America," says Richard Viguerie, the direct-mail specialist.
Some heroes of the Reagan regulars were gifts from the heavens to liberal direct-mail specialists like Roger Craver.
It's little more than a gaggle of fund-raisers and direct-mail specialists.
"The Republican solution is to mindlessly throw money at candidates," said Richard Viguerie, a conservative direct-mail specialist.
"I'm not one of those people who believe the cliche we can't be the world's policeman," said Richard Viguerie, the conservative direct-mail specialist.
But Joseph Salta, one direct-mail specialist who testified, said that of the $1.9 million he had raised, only $200,000 actually went to efforts to track down Americans.
The direct-mail specialists who testified said today that the information they used in their mailings was provided by their clients.
So for now, said Richard Viguerie, a conservative direct-mail specialist, Republicans will have to rely on old standbys.
