Sen. Paul Laxalt should’ve been the choice for VP in 1980 and would’ve carried on the legacy of Reagan for 2 terms (he’s still with us today). Phil Crane may have already been battling alcoholism in 1980. He was diminished enough because of it by 1994 that Gingrich passed him over for a key House Committee chairmanship (with the final indignity of needlessly losing to a leftist moonbat when he should’ve retired and passed the seat to another Republican).
I remember Laxalt’s name, but not much about him.
I just looked him up, and I agree: he should have been Reagan’s VP.