Ah yes, before there was Egg McMuffin there was John Anderson, the GOPe’s 1980 attempt to derail a Reagan presidency.
The GOPe’s hatred of anything not them is nothing new. Never forget that.
IIRC Anderson took more Carter votes than Reagan votes.
So true, the GOP-E wanted Bush Sr. desperately . . . if only Reagan had listened to Nancy and picked Jack Kemp as VP instead of King George the Worst history might have turned out a lot different. No ‘Kindler and Gentler’, no ‘Read My Lips’ and no ‘Clinton Presidency’.