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To: ewing
When is the last time we had a brokered convention?

If I am not mistaken, it was brokered or very close to it in the 1976 RNC. Reagan and Ford went down to the wire. Reagan came amazingly close to unseating a sitting President, which is as Peggy Noonan put it, "a very un-Republican thing to do."

41 posted on 01/28/2003 8:45:44 AM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: Zack Nguyen
And that set the stage for Regan's victory in 1980.
49 posted on 01/28/2003 8:59:39 AM PST by ewing
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To: Zack Nguyen
Reagan came amazingly close to unseating a sitting President, which is as Peggy Noonan put it, "a very un-Republican thing to do."

At least Reagan was playing "boot the RINO."

63 posted on 01/28/2003 9:11:43 AM PST by copycat (Ridicule Hillary! to someone you know TODAY!!)
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