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Winfield
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« on: November 13, 2005, 04:49:45 PM » |
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« edited: November 13, 2005, 07:41:14 PM by Winfield »
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The statement that a Vice Presidential candidate can't help you but they can hurt you comes back to haunt Ronald Reagan.
Reagan's ill thought out decision to put George Wallace on the ticket proves to be devastating to Governor Reagan's hopes of becoming President, in 1968, or at any time in the future.
Outside the south, the only states to support the Reagan/Wallace ticket were those states in which Reagan's own popularity put him over the top.
Senator Mike Mansfield and Congressman Carl Albert win the 1968 election by a large margin, run a very successful administration, and go on to be re-elected by a landslide in 1972.
Mike Mansfield/Carl Albert 386
Ronald Reagan/George Wallace 152
Ronald Reagan completes his term as Governor of California, then leaves public life, never again to re-enter the public arena. Years later, Reagan remarked his biggest mistake in public life was choosing George Wallace as his running mate in 1968.
The Republicans took back the white house in 1976 when the Republican ticket of 84 year old Senator George Aiken of Vermont/76 year old Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania defeated the Democratic ticket of 80 year old Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina/69 year old Senator John Pastore of Rhode Island in the famous "Geriatric Campaign" of 1976.
Upon taking office, President Aiken immediately named 72 year old Senator Jake Javits of New York as Secretary of State, with instructions to begin immediately on working out a plan for peace in the Middle East.
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