Question: Who endorsed/supported Bush in the 1980 primary?

My brain | 07/31/2014 | thetallguy24

[thetallguy24]

I have been trying to find out if there's a list out there of the people, especially those still in power today, who endorsed Bush over Reagan in 1980.

[thetallguy24]

Any ideas?

[thetallguy24]

Also could you provide the link? Thanks

[C. Edmund Wright]

Rove…but he was young pup then…..probably Bob Dole.

[thetallguy24]

Yeah I knew about Rove and Dole, but I haven’t seen much else.

Did George Will?

[Luke21]

Dole was running himself. The first I ever heard of Bush was an NPR report calling him a “moderate conservative.” He won Iowa, and was very well networked there.

[Walkingfeather]

the CIA

[Dr. Sivana]

Dole was running for the job himself, as he came off of his brilliant performance running for VP with Ford in '76.

[thetallguy24]

Well I guess the better question would be, who, that is in power now, endorsed someone other than Reagan?

[Steely Tom]

RWR, John Anderson, Howard Baker(?), Bob Dole, Phil Crane, GHWB (sitting).

[Sioux-san]

I voted for John Anderson who went 3rd party - but that was back when I was just starting to come out of my pointy headed Leftie life of ignorance. ]

[nascarnation]

Anderson was the guy running on the 50 cent/gal gasoline tax platform. That’s about $1.50 today.

[x]

Mark Levin says Will endorsed Baker, then Bush over Reagan in 1980. But it’s hard to say just what that means unless you see the actual columns. I don’t remember Will fighting very hard against a Reagan nomination. Anyway, isn’t it all ancient history by now?

[Doomonyou]

Howard Baker(?),

Looks Like W.

[nickcarraway]

His biggest donor was the father of John Hinckley.

[Starstruck]

I remember fighting with a Navy Officer when I was working with the Corp of Engineers about Bush vs Reagan. I was a Reagan supporter.

[Dr. Sivana]

RWR, John Anderson, Howard Baker(?), Bob Dole, Phil Crane, GHWB (sitting).

Yup. I guess John Connolly, with his one $10 million delegate already dropped out. GHWB had NO idea how his act was going to play out. Thank God Reagan fired John Sears.

[Valpal1]

This book may have a some information.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/10/new-book-tells-inside-story-of-pivotal-bush-reagan-debate-in-nashua/

[Jack Hydrazine]

HINCKLEY AND BUSH FAMILIES WERE CLOSE FRIENDS
http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/HinckleyAndBush.htm

[Sioux-san]

I was brain-dead back then so I can’t even remember why I liked him. Anderson said he was a fiscal conservative and moderate on social issues, as I recall. Lots of people were running, and it all seemed so chaotic and reactionary to Jimmy Carter. Even Ted Kennedy gave it a go to show how delusional it all was.

[C. Edmund Wright]

But it came down to Bush and Reagan….and Im wondering if Dole backed Bush at that point.