"Just like their successful campaign for Bob Dull in '96." What a stupid lie. Dole won the nomination because NO ONE could beat him. The media had nothing to do with it nor was there any sense of it being his because it was owed him. Carter's renomination in 1980 was much the same. He was extremely unpopular because of Iran but could not be defeated in the primaries.
Some times the candidate is just popular enough to get the nomination though no one really cares much for him. That was the case in '96. And the funny thing is Dole COULD have won but for the OKC bombing and Perot.
Why don't you make like your screen name and buzz off?
Talk about a stupid truism. He won because no one beat him. Really?? Wow....
The media had nothing to do with it nor was there any sense of it being his because it was owed him.
Revisionist history. The "it's his turn" thing was a major undercurrent through the whole primary process.
I think you just have no clue what you're talking about.