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Who was the conservative favorite in 1988?

Posted on 12/17/2014 4:31:44 AM PST by LT Brass Bancroft

I was only 11, so I was wondering who was the preferred candidate of those of us who were old enough to vote back then. Of course H.W. Bush won the nomination. I remember Bob Dole, Pat Robertson, Peter DuPont, and I think Jack Kemp running. Did Bush have trouble convincing conservatives to vote for him, or did everyone just figure that if he was good enough to be Reagan's Vice President, he was good enough for the nomination?


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To: Nifster

Bingo! I was wondering how far into the thread I’d have to get before someone got the answer correct. http://articles.philly.com/1986-05-28/news/26050321_1_laxalt-nancy-reagan-gop-nomination


41 posted on 12/17/2014 7:26:47 AM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: LT Brass Bancroft

No, Reagan did not endorse Bush until he had the nomination secured. However, Dole always kept his distance from Reagan. Kemp and Reagan were also not close. Bush could campaign on his 8 years of loyal service to Reagan.

Reagan was a great spokesman for conservatism. Perhaps his greatest failure was in not developing a truly conservative successor.


42 posted on 12/17/2014 7:34:26 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Dookaka was the Demagogic Party nominee, and was a pathetic joke — he was chosen because he was from Massachusetts, and the womanslaughter candidate Ted “Shamu” Kennedy wasn’t running.


43 posted on 12/26/2014 9:31:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
I told the person next to me, well with this victory it looks like we just guaranteed Bush four more years.

Clinton couldn't have beaten him alone, but Clinton+Perot found the formula.

44 posted on 12/26/2014 9:35:39 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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