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...Ford was later criticized for two miscalculations that may help explain why Bush has been madly maneuvering in recent weeks. First, critics said Ford was slow to take the Reagan challenge seriously, in part because the former actor did not win a primary until the North Carolina contest in late March 1976. Apart from banning the word detente at the White House, Ford refused to pander to the party's right wing. Instead he crisscrossed the country to meet Reagan head on, in a series of trips that made him look desperate and distinctly nonpresidential...
...same day, Bush suddenly cut short his travel plans and returned to Washington, where he will stay for the better part of a month. Bush will attack Congress for ignoring his "growth package" and hope regular attacks on Democrats will make him look presidential. "It's the Jerry Ford factor," explained a senior campaign adviser last week. "Teeter is spooked by his own past...
...races remain markedly dissimilar. Whereas Ford became President after Richard Nixon resigned, Bush was elected in his own right. Unlike Buchanan, Reagan was a proven vote getter, who had twice been elected Governor of one of the nation's biggest states, and went on to win 10 primaries. Nonetheless, the spirit of 1976 may already be working for the Democrats. As a senior Bush campaign adviser said last week, "Everybody knows that the way to defeat an incumbent President is with a challenge from the ideological wing of the party...
Buchanan knows that while Reagan lost the '76 nomination, his gutsy challenge to Ford strengthened his position in the crowded 1980 Republican primary race. Buchanan has already gained a spot near Dan Quayle in the 1996 starting gate. "Reagan dusted Ford up, but it didn't prevent him from winning it the next time," an Administration official says. "Pat is rolling the dice and figures he could become the heir apparent to the conservative wing...
Teeter may not be the only Bush operative having flashbacks to 1976. Secretary of State James Baker was Ford's campaign manager; Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney was Ford's chief of staff -- and both men may want to run in 1996 as well. (Bush, whom Ford considered briefly as a possible Vice President in 1974, largely sat out the '76 race as CIA director...