Word: pennsylvania
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...Pennsylvania's Senator Hugh Scott said that Ford had told him Dole would have strong appeal to the farm-belt of the Midwest and Plains states. His background as Republican National Committee Chairman from 1971 to 1973, added Ford, has given Dole an extraordinarily wide acquaintance with Republicans in all states. And he has been an able Congressman and Senator. U.N. Ambassador William Scranton added another reason: "He is an excellent campaigner of the type we need. The President is not the attacker type, but Bob can do that kind of campaigning." He also can be abrasive and slashing...
...picking him, Ford appeared to be looking inward instead of reaching out as the G.O.P. must do. Illinois Republican Senator Charles Percy believed that the selection of Dole compounds Ford's problem of winning in November. Said he: "If you are trying to reach voters in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New England, where a lot of the people are, the question is: What can he contribute? How do you reach independents and Democrats with a former chairman of the Republican Party...
...this convention with my tail between my legs," he told the Pennsylvanian, "and neither are you." But the disillusionment with Reagan that exploded when he chose Schweiker was there to the end. The previous afternoon a Northern Governor pleaded with Reagan to drop Schweiker from the ticket-with the Pennsylvania Senator sitting right beside them in the limousine. "I couldn't live with myself," Reagan answered him. Either way, it was clear the move had badly backfired: Reagan was unable to hold his support in the South, and Schweiker was unable to deliver additional delegates from the North. Reagan...
...Pennsylvania tally that brought total silence to the room. When Schweiker's fellow Senator Hugh Scott proudly shouted 93 votes for Ford-more than anyone had anticipated-it was clear in the end that Schweiker had not delivered a single extra delegate from his home state. It was a deflating performance, and Reagan noted the moment. "That's the one that did a it," he said. Muttered Schweiker defensively: "A lot of people took a walk...
Schweiker lobbied hard among Pennsylvania's 103 delegates and declared that at least 23 would support Reagan. Only ten did-fewer than had been projected before Schweiker was added to the ticket. When his longtime friend and former campaign manager Drew Lewis resisted Schweiker's pleas to switch to Reagan, Schweiker stormed: "You are keeping me from becoming President of the United States!" Fortunately for him, he does not come up for re-election until 1980, by which time the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, which contributed to his 1968 and 1974 victories, will have had time to forget...