Word: dolefully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Help not wanted. As opponents collapse, Bush's campaign has been besieged by job seekers. One aspirant: former Reagan Political Director Ed Rollins, who started with Bush, then moved to Paul Laxalt and finally Jack Kemp. One top Bush aide suggested that Rollins should work for Dole "for a week or two, since that's the only one he hasn't worked...
...muggy August night at the Superdome. Listless Republican delegates have completed the preordained coronation of George Bush as their presidential nominee. Now comes the one moment of drama: the choice of a running mate. Bush strides to the rostrum to break the news. "I want Dole," he declares. Before the cheers can erupt, he quickly adds, "No, not you, Bob." Then Elizabeth Dole hugs her husband, moves happily to the stage -- and the Republicans break into their first spontaneous demonstration in a humdrum convention...
...many Republicans, it is the dream ticket. Such a bold play could shake the Vice President's cautious and bland image, giving a boost to his campaign. The bright and engaging Liddy Dole, who has served every President since Lyndon Johnson, would put extra zip into the G.O.P. drive. The choice of a woman could also help narrow the Democratic edge among female voters, who make up more than half the electorate...
...Still, Dole, 51, would be a risky choice. The former Democrat has alienated feminists by adopting conservative causes, even dropping her support of the Equal Rights Amendment. She showed little leadership on air safety as Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Transportation. Dole might be unwilling to bruise her husband's ego by joining Bush. Asked how he would feel about his wife's running with Bush, Bob Dole quipped, "I'd be for it," adding that it might, at least, get him a "car and driver...
...Next morning he was at a Cabinet breakfast, collecting intelligence on the budget and trade. After that, he jetted to South Carolina to honor a speaking invitation from Republican Strom Thurmond, a locus of Senate power, even though Thurmond had been a pillar of support down there for Bob Dole...