Campaign 1980
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January 23rd: Scott's triumph in Iowa shocks many, many GOP establish figures back his candidacy
January 28th: President Glenn hosts Anwar Sadat at White House, meeting is a diplomatic and media coup
February 2nd: John B. Anderson makes waves with his support for abortion rights and a gas tax. New Mexico prison riot highlights prison issues.
February 6th: Worry in the Bush camp as internal poll shows Bush trailing Anderson in New Hampshire
February 9th: Former President George Romney appears with National Security Advisor on a Civil Rights Panel
February 12th: Linwood Holton makes headlines with his Senate healthcare plan with Jacob Javits to expand Medicare to all adults. Phil Crane leaves the race.
February 15th: Malcolm Wilson unveils public works plan, tours Portsmouth dockyards
February 19th: Dr. King contemplates running for Congress, but adds that "there are things more important than politics, which erodes the heart and the soul."
February 21st: President Glenn announces grain embargo of the USSR
February 22nd: US Olympic Hockey Team Defeats Soviet Team, President Glenn's attendance boosts his approval ratings (somehow)
February 24th: Saddam Hussein mobilizes Iraqi Military
February 25th: George Bush makes New Hampshire headlines with an empathetic moment with local child, highlights his plans for disability and education reform
February 26th: New Hampshire primary begins. State Colleges are filled with new voters-Anderson voters.
Democratic New Hampshire Primary ResultsJohn Glenn: 98.9% ✓
Lyndon LaRouche (write in): 1.1%
Republican New Hampshire Primary ResultsGeorge Bush: 27.8% ✓
John B. Anderson: 25.3%
Hugh Scott: 19.9%
Linwood Holton: 15.5%
Malcolm Wilson: 11.7%
Harold Stassen: .2%
February 27th: Bush's victory in New Hampshire vaults him forward into a comeback
March 2nd: Senator Birch Bayh hints that he favors Lin Holton, but refuses to say definitively
March 4th: Anderson edges out Bush in Massachusetts. Anderson wins Vermont with ease.
March 6th: Saddam Hussein makes radio announcement declaring the Iranian province of Khuzestan "a core province of Iraq." Doesn't act-yet.
March 8th: Lin Holton wins South Carolina with ease. Why? Black voters.
March 11th: Holton wins Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Campaign Manager Jesse Jackson enters the spotlight as a new black Republican figure.
March 13rd: Holton, Wilson, Scott, Bush, and Anderson debate in Illinois. Anderson comes out on top according to observers.
March 14th: Governor Wilson drops out of the race and endorses Bush
March 18th: Illinois primary occurs. Anderson barely edges out Bush after a recount. Many feel Anderson was denied key momentum. Hugh Scott in third.
March 22nd: Holton, Scott, Bush, and Anderson debate. Observers agree that Holton won.
March 25th: Bush wins Connecticut with ease
March 26th: Holton escalates attacks on Hugh Scott based on a variety of votes he made in the Senate, some now out of step with the GOP electorate despite Scott's overall moderate and liberal record
March 29th: George Bush receives endorsement of Bill Scranton and surprisingly, Edward Brooke. Brooke says Bush is "simply put, the best most qualified man for the job."
April 1st: Kansas win by Bush, in Wisconsin Scott edges out Bush. Anderson hemorrhaging funds.
April 3rd: General Secretary Suslov hosts Erich Honnecker, they jointly condemn "American petroleum imperialism" as Iran burns while U.S. Marines guard oil wells
April 5th: Bush deals Holton a stinging defeat in Louisiana
April 14th: Polls show Bush regaining strong lead over a divided opposition
April 15th: GlennCare (as it is now being known) is rolled out but there are issues with enrollment and implementation, which George Bush pounces on, calling it a "bureaucratic nightmare."
April 19th: Bush wins the Maine primary narrowly over Anderson.
April 22nd: Hugh Scott wins Pennsylvania by a smaller than expected margin
April 28th: Shah Reza Pahlavi II fires his Prime Minister, pledges to appoint a new one on the advise of a hypothetical elected parliament. Ali Khamenei leads more Islamists into the street.
May 3rd: Bush wins Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Holton drops out of contention, but pledges to use his delegates to influence the party platform to keep it as liberal as in 1976. Hugh Scott suspends his campaign to reevaluate their chances, John Anderson continues his campaign.
May 4th: Josip Broz Tito dies, massive state funeral is attended by Vice President Carter.
May 6th: Bush wins D.C., Indiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Virtually securing the nomination.
May 10th: Hugh Scott ends campaign, endorses Bush.
May 18th: Mt. St. Hellens erupts, kills 57 and causes billions in damages. President Glenn and Vice President Carter visit disaster site, boosting approval ratings as Glenn's Rose Garden campaign continues to pay dividends.
May 21st: Empire Strikes Back is released, a massive critical success.
June 3rd: With victories in the last round of contests, with the exception of Rhode Island which is won by Anderson, Bush mathematically secures the nomination.
June 10th: Abdicated Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi succumbs to cancer. Asks his body to be returned to Iran in his will.
June 10th: President Romney endorses National Security Advisor Bush as the "best man for the job."
June 15th: Bush announces his running mate will be former candidate and Virginia Senator Linwood Holton.
June 18th: John Anderson endorses George Bush.
June 20th: Republicans release a rough draft of platform for 1980, observers comment on how it is broadly similar to the Birch Bayh platform, but without a strong commitment to Medicare for all.
