1996 GOP NOMINEE IS U.S. SENATOR FROM "SAFE" GOP STATE. RESULT = DEM WIN
1984: DEM NOMINEE IS U.S. SENATOR FROM "SAFE" DEM STATE. RESULT = GOP WIN.
1972: DEM NOMINEE IS U.S. SENATOR FROM "SAFE" DEM STATE. RESULT = GOP WIN.
1964: GOP NOMINEE IS U.S. SENATOR FROM "SAFE" GOP STATE. RESULT = DEM WIN
See any pattern here? Read my lips, NO MORE NOMINATING SENATORS FROM "SAFE" STATES THAT THEIR PARTY WINS BY DEFAULT.
"Yeah...Bob Dole has Kansas eight electoral votes in the bag... look out Clinton! "
A southern/midwestern RAT swing state governor in the Carter/Clinton mold is hoping and praying the GOP picks a deep red-state Senator.