Reagan adding Bush to his ticket in 1980?
This is WHY Bushie 41 was chosen:
During the convention, the possibility of choosing former president Gerald Ford as the vice-presidential nominee was given at least some consideration. Ford asked for certain powers and prerogatives that has been described as making Ford a co-president. This included the return of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and the appointment of Alan Greenspan as Secretary of the Treasury in a “package deal”. The two sides could not come to an agreement, and ultimately George Bush was chosen less than 24 hours before the ticket was announced. [1]
The Reagan-Bush ticket went on to win the 1980 presidential election by a landslide victory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Republican_National_Convention