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...shoppers at a New Orleans hotel could pick George Bush's running mate, they'd select Oliver North, the indicted Iran-Contra figure. North received 36 percent of shoppers polled, topping Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.), with 24 percent support. Running dead last is Sen. Robert Dole...
...News analyst John Chancellor said Bush should pick Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) as his running mate. "They're so close [ideologically] and there's not anything in the constitution against it," he said...
Bush currently trails Dukakis by up to 18 points in some national polls, a fact that frightens some Republican strategists. To add excitement to the campaign and to woo women voters, some Republicans are suggesting that Bush pick women as his running mate: perhaps former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum or former United Nations Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick...
Schlafly isn't rooting for a female running mate in '88--she wants to see Kemp on the ticket instead. "I don't see one woman who would add significantly to the vote total, and I think Jack Kemp would add significantly," she said...
What Bush needs to do to bounce back himself is select a running mate who possesses the best characteristics of the Republican party with few of its drawbacks. Thornburgh fits the description...