Word: bentsen
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Both Lewis and Sundquist questioned the wisdom of putting Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) on the Democratic ticket. Lewis said the decision is "opening up new opportunities for Republicans" in the cornbelt and industrial region, because they are not represented by the ticket...
...night. He was among the select guests of the Dukakis family seated in a VIP box located to the side of the podium. Allison and the Dukakis family and entourage, which numbered approximately 50, were joined in the box by the families of vice presidential candidate Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk, and a rotating set of speakers, such as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy...
Sundquist said the pick "in the long term is probably a mistake." He questioned whether the liberal Dukakis and conservative Bentsen are compatible, and noted that they take differing stances on several major issues. "The first debate ought to be between Bentsen and Dukakis....I don't think there's anything Bentsen can do that will help that much in the South...
...Democratic candidate has not won the presidency without Texas in 100 years, that the party's liberal wing had their day in San Francisco in 1984 and proceeded to lose 49 states, and that as Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers said, "I'd rather run against motherhood than Lloyd Bentsen in Texas...
...Dukakis, though, the winner wins and the loser keeps quiet. Dukakis has been treating Jackson as a typical vanquished rival for the nomination, as his failure to notify Jackson before the news of Bentsen's selection makes clear. In his mind, there is no reason to make an exception...