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Reagan then decided to break tradition and disclose his choice before the convention. His announcement last Monday described his compatibility with Schweiker in the broadest of generalities. Both believe, he said "in a strong America able to preserve the freedom of its people." He added that Schweiker "has not become a captive of what I call the Washington buddy system." In sum, he blandly and incorrectly implied that they had few differences. Reagan did not make the almost mandatory claim that he had selected the best man to take over the presidency if necessary...
Terming the Schweiker choice "the political boner of the century," Harry Dent, the President's chief delegate hunter in the South, argued: "Reagan people are supposed to be purists, but this is a very impure act." Reagan's embracing of Schweiker, declared Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde, was like "a farmer selling his last cow to buy a milking machine...
...amused that he had withdrawn from consideration as Vice President in order to appease the conservatives, and now found Reagan turning to a running mate even more liberal than he. Said Rocky: "The pureblood conservatives-the ones I've come across-will not accept a voting record like Schweiker...
...phone call from Reagan at 9:05 p.m. Sunday. "I looked at my watch because I wanted to know the time in my life when I was most shocked." Helms called the ticket "a coalition with the widest wing span in all history" and said he might fight any Schweiker nomination...
...aides worked the phones to check the outcry. From his Santa Ynez Ranch, the candidate himself called some 100 Republicans. All things considered, Reagan's cajoling held his conservative lines remarkably well. Outside of Mississippi, there were no delegate defections from Reagan throughout the South. Accepting Schweiker, conceded Delegate Bob Beckham of Georgia, is akin to the dilemma of a father "whose favorite son marries a girl you don't particularly like-you just do the best you can with it." More sympathetically, Guy Hunt, chairman of the Alabama delegation, agreed that "the church ain't just...