I imagine that it would be a 15-20 point stomping.
Potential running mates for Buchanan, who would presumably want to be brandish an outsider image, possibly something that allows him to build on the 1994 wins.
Rick Santorum would fit the bill, as a new Senator elected in 1994, as a relative outsider.
As would Mike Dewine, Bill Frist, Fred Thompson and
Terry Branstad would be an uncontroversial choice with limited Washington baggage.
He chose an African-American woman to be his running mate as a reform candidate, so he might have tried for a groundbreaking veep. Although his options would be limited. JC Watts was a first-term congressman. Olympia Snowe was rather moderate.
My question is why Clinton didn't win in a historic landslide in real life? His approvals in late 1996 were on par with Reagan's in 1984 and they both went up against milquetoast opponents.
Maybe Dole wasn't a milquetoast opponent.
