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Some moderate veterans inevitably will be talked about: Illinois' Senator Charles Percy, 57, who has never quite caught on in the Presidential sweepstakes; Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson, 56, who has a fussy image; and William Ruckelshaus, 44, who, along with Richardson, resigned from the Justice Department during Richard Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, and who now lacks a political base...
MacDougall is delighted that Ford chose Robert Dole. Reason: FORD-DOLE neatly fits most designs. Says MacDougall: "If Ruckelshaus had been the nominee, we would have been dead-in terms of design...
...Kansas City with a list in mind?but not on paper?of about a dozen "semifinalists." Even after this nomination was in hand, Ford still seemed to be considering at least half a dozen candidates. These he sounded out with Reagan, who commented favorably on Dole and said William Ruckelshaus and Richardson were completely unacceptable. Said a Reagan associate: "If either of them had been chosen, we would have unleashed our troops." Ford also talked about his list with nine top advisers over coffee and nightcaps in his hotel suite until shortly after 5 a.m. the night of his nomination...
...nearly every prominent Republican who could meet two main criteria: 1) help unite the party, and 2) have a reputation for not being cozy with the Washington establishment. Conspicuously missing was the ability to lead the nation if elevated to the Oval Office. The choice apparently narrowed to William Ruckelshaus, the Deputy Attorney General in the Nixon Administration who refused to carry out orders to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, and Schweiker, whose name, Sears says, "kept popping...
...Ruckelshaus was approached first by Sears and Laxalt, but was never firmly offered second place. Says he: "About three weeks ago, it became clear to me they were serious." Ruckelshaus told them he favored Ford, and only if Reagan got the nomination would he consider joining the Governor. He was not approached again...