He wasn’t the guy to get the job done. I remember the Kemp/gore debate. Gore started some point to the effect that, unlike all the other Republicans, kemp was a good and honorable man. In true defeatist chronic loser fashion, instead of vigorously defending the impugning of the GOP,
Kemp began his answer with “I thank my friend for his kind remarks…”
I went to the GOP debate at ASU and Dole didn’t even show up. Forbes, Buchanan, and the others were there. Dole acted like he was the anointed loser to to Clinton, tossing sweet potatoes at him designed to miss. Buchanan won NH and basically quit campaigning.
I voted for Dole, but I didn’t want to. It was such a lame experience, going to the polls. But it was my oldest daughter’s first vote. She left the booth saying, “That was useless.” We went home and watched Clinton clean up.
Dole was the first Republican to lose Arizona since Thomas E. Dewey.