Posted on 12/17/2014 4:31:44 AM PST by LT Brass Bancroft
I was only 11, so I was wondering who was the preferred candidate of those of us who were old enough to vote back then. Of course H.W. Bush won the nomination. I remember Bob Dole, Pat Robertson, Peter DuPont, and I think Jack Kemp running. Did Bush have trouble convincing conservatives to vote for him, or did everyone just figure that if he was good enough to be Reagan's Vice President, he was good enough for the nomination?
Bingo! I was wondering how far into the thread I’d have to get before someone got the answer correct. http://articles.philly.com/1986-05-28/news/26050321_1_laxalt-nancy-reagan-gop-nomination
No, Reagan did not endorse Bush until he had the nomination secured. However, Dole always kept his distance from Reagan. Kemp and Reagan were also not close. Bush could campaign on his 8 years of loyal service to Reagan.
Reagan was a great spokesman for conservatism. Perhaps his greatest failure was in not developing a truly conservative successor.
Dookaka was the Demagogic Party nominee, and was a pathetic joke — he was chosen because he was from Massachusetts, and the womanslaughter candidate Ted “Shamu” Kennedy wasn’t running.
Clinton couldn't have beaten him alone, but Clinton+Perot found the formula.
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