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United States presidential election, 1976 (view source)
Revision as of 00:42, February 4, 2019
, 00:42, February 4, 2019→Primaries and conventions
==Primaries and conventions==
==Primaries and conventions==
In the primary Ford narrowly defeated California governor [[Ronald Reagan]]. Reagan challenged the incumbent [[Gerald Ford]] in over discredited [[New Deal]]-era economic theories, like wage and price controls which Nixon used and Ford supported. [[Donald Rumsfeld]], [[Karl Rove]] and [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Gergen David Gergen] served as Ford delegates; [[Dick Cheney]] and [[James Baker III]] rounded up the unbound delegates for Ford.
In the primary Ford narrowly defeated California governor [[Ronald Reagan]]. Reagan challenged the incumbent [[Gerald Ford]] in over discredited [[New Deal]]-era economic theories, like wage and price controls which Nixon used and Ford supported. [[Donald Rumsfeld]], [[Karl Rove]] and [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Gergen David Gergen] served as Ford delegates; [[Dick Cheney]] and [[James Baker III (DOS)]] rounded up the unbound delegates for Ford.
Already holding the key California and Texas delegations, Reagan openly courted the unbound Pennsylvania delegation promising to put [[liberal]] [[RINO]] Sen. Richard Schweiker on the ticket. Reagan avoided the taint of the ‘smoke filled room’. Reagan and Schweicker met personally with the entire Pennsylvania delegation to lay out the request for their support, but the idea failed. It was a unique proposal in the television age: a candidate publicly proposed a VP pick as part of a deal before any balloting. [[John Kasich]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], [http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/04/13/trump-ally-roger-stone-attacks-mark-levin-whore-cockroach-worm-prostitute-paid-shill-ted-cruz/209898 Mark Levin], [[Jesse Helms]], and Haley Barbour served as Reagan delegates. In the end, Ford was declared the winner.
Already holding the key California and Texas delegations, Reagan openly courted the unbound Pennsylvania delegation promising to put [[liberal]] [[RINO]] Sen. Richard Schweiker on the ticket. Reagan avoided the taint of the ‘smoke filled room’. Reagan and Schweicker met personally with the entire Pennsylvania delegation to lay out the request for their support, but the idea failed. It was a unique proposal in the television age: a candidate publicly proposed a VP pick as part of a deal before any balloting. [[John Kasich]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], [http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/04/13/trump-ally-roger-stone-attacks-mark-levin-whore-cockroach-worm-prostitute-paid-shill-ted-cruz/209898 Mark Levin], [[Jesse Helms]], and Haley Barbour served as Reagan delegates. In the end, Ford was declared the winner.