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...summit with Jackson, like everything else during the convention, clicked perfectly for Dukakis. Afterward, he and Jackson posed with the designated vice-presidential nominee, Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. The Three Amigos wore happy smiles that belied the quirky nature of the tableau they presented; somehow the nominating convention was giving birth to a trio of party leaders rather than the usual ticket of two. For the moment, Jackson stood ready to submerge his agenda for that of the party. But the three's-a-crowd awkwardness revealed fissures along racial and ideological lines that could someday threaten the foundations...
BEST LINE BY A COMEDIAN. Mark Russell on Lloyd Bentsen: Ted Turner would like to colorize...
While you were out . . . The convention bought the cover-up, but in fact it was Dukakis Campaign Manager Susan Estrich, not Dukakis First Friend Paul Brountas, who caused the notorious phone-call-that-missed. When Lloyd Bentsen was picked as the vice-presidential nominee, Brountas gave Estrich Jackson's telephone number and the responsibility for calling with the news before Jackson left his Cincinnati hotel room for the airport. Seems that it somehow slipped her mind. When Dukakis explained to reporters that his campaign manager had not given him the number, Brountas realized Estrich would be wounded and decided...
...This will probably add some time to the deliberative process," Sharon Snyder, a Federal Election Commission (FEC) spokeswoman said of a GOP request that federal money be held up until the FEC can rule on questions raised by Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen's (D.-Tex.) pursuit of the vice-presidency and re-election to the Senate at the same time...
...Southern strategy got its first start when Dukakis chose Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate. Was it a good choice? So far, it seems to have been a good move...