Word: mate
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Dole's address was the signature moment of a Republican National Convention that opened with a pointed abortion platform fight but closed in an atmosphere of nervous unity. His vanquished primary foes sat together in a VIP section, and joined Dole and running mate Jack Kemp on the podium at the close of his 57-minute speech...
Ford recalled his decision to name Dole, then a Kansas senator, as his running mate in 1976. "I found Bob Dole fit to be president then; I find him even more qualified today," Ford said. He won a rousing cheer for calling Clinton "a convertible Dodge. Isn't it time we had a trade...
Lamm, unlike his rival, has managed to lasso a running mate: former two-term G.O.P. Congressman from Silicon Valley and high-tech executive Ed Zschau. Zschau (rhymes with wow), a Stanford-trained physicist who started his own computer business before entering Congress, has said Lamm's campaign should be "inspired chaos." His scientific analysis is already on target. Lamm has raised only about $100,000 and is not going to entice many new supporters with sound bites like this: "America is like the drunk who's looking for his keys under the streetlight even though he lost them down...
...selecting a running mate, Perot understands that he cannot repeat his blunder of '92, when he chose the stouthearted but miscast Admiral James Stockdale. Perot would love to have a blue-chip candidate like David Boren, Warren Rudman or Sam Nunn, but so far none of them will give him a tumble. Perot, by most accounts, would be a most happy fella to have Lamm on the ticket, but Lamm has demurred, a stance that doesn't make sense if Lamm wants to build the party and become the heir apparent...
...DIEGO: In a move more political than personal, Bob Dole is seriously considering Jack Kemp as his running mate despite tensions between the two that date back to the 1980's. The Dole camp has confirmed that Kemp is one of three vice presidential finalists, along with Florida Senator Connie Mack and one other possibility from a pool of Republican hopefuls that includes Arizona Senator John McCain and former South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell. Kemp held discussions with GOP campaign advisors on Thursday, following a long chat about the nomination the evening before with Dole in his Washington apartment...