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When asked about Bush's likely pick as hisrunning mate, Ford said that he believes the vicepresident will choose either Sen. Robert Dole(R-Kan.) or Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.), whom hetermed as being the "traditional" picks. But Fordsaid that Bush may "stir the political pot" bypicking a "first-class lady", either formerTransportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole or Sen.Nancy Kassebaum...
...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...
While Bush hasn't come out with a real opinion on the Texan senator, it is assumed that he and the Republican party think highly of him. Bush criticized Walter Mondale for not picking Bentsen as his running mate in 1984. Bush is hoping that those words will not come back to haunt...
...leading Democrat who believes such a post would be too restrictive for Jackson's wide-ranging talents. Explains the New York Governor: "I'd rather see him free to move around and be involved in a whole series of issues." As for Dukakis' choice of a running mate, Cuomo notes, "I would not have chosen Bentsen. But now that he made that choice and you see the reaction, you say to yourself, 'The Dukakis people are smarter than I thought.' Dukakis is showing his capacity for inclusiveness. He has gone beyond his own ideological agenda...
Michael Dukakis tries to unite his party and define its postliberal soul. -- Confounding oddsmakers and stiff- arming Jesse Jackson, the Duke picks Texan Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate. -- Garry Wills on the rise of the moral manager. -- Calvin Trillin rediscovers Atlanta. -- Mimi Sheraton samples the city' s culinary charms. See NATION...