[Daisyjane69]

I don’t know if anyone here has it; I’m not sure where I read it. meh

Within the last few months, I could swear I saw a poll of the 1979 Republican Primary, in which Bob Dole was shown leading by a bunch, and Reagan had 9 percent of the vote. I wanna say it was taken in February of that year, maybe? In any event, Reagan was in dead last place.

If I could remember who did the poll, I prolly could find it.

There is someone I know who needs to see it. :)

[MARTIAL MONK]

In ’79 we were pretty tuned to any poll that came out. Reagan’s campaign had settled down to raising money for the campaign against Carter. We felt that Reagan’s nomination was assured barring a major mistake. Dole never registered on any poll that I was aware of. He was behind Connolly and Crane. He certainly never beat Reagan unless the poll was taken at his family reunion (and then it would have been doubtful). Dole was old news.

I was essentially a kid watching how a campaign was run but I did have good sources of inside information. Dole was never a problem or a worry.

[MARTIAL MONK]

In ’79 we were pretty tuned to any poll that came out. Reagan’s campaign had settled down to raising money for the campaign against Carter. We felt that Reagan’s nomination was assured barring a major mistake. Dole never registered on any poll that I was aware of. He was behind Connolly and Crane. He certainly never beat Reagan unless the poll was taken at his family reunion (and then it would have been doubtful). Dole was old news.

I was essentially a kid watching how a campaign was run but I did have good sources of inside information. Dole was never a problem or a worry.