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. | 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. |