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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...
...Thornburgh served for the maximum two consecutive terms in the state from 1979 to 1987 and earned high performance ratings from just about everyone. When he left office, he still had a public approval rating of 72 percent...
...similarities between Bush and Thornburgh will also help the Republicans play up the ideological differences between Bentsen and Dukakis on the Democratic ticket. Bush has spent much of his time criticizing Dukakis as weak on crime. Thornburgh's record as a hard-nosed crime buster when he was governor of Pennsylvania and as the head of the criminal division of the Justice Department will help to show the Democrats as weak on crime...
...Virginia Thornburgh, who was appointed coordinator of Harvard's Programs for Persons with Disabilities on February 22 of this year, has been a tireless advocate for the rights of the disabled for more than 20 years...
...Thornburgh, known to friends as Ginny, promoted disability issues while her husband, Richard, was governor of Pennsylvania from 1979-87. She served for five years on the Presidential Committee on Mental Retardation...