Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When it turned out that Jackson would not be on the ticket, and that he could further his own interests by conceding, he then gave the signal to Blacks that it's okay to vote for the other...
...weeks ago, I jokingly suggested in a column that Vice President George Bush select Edwin Meese III as his running mate for the Republican presidential ticket. By picking the attorney general, I wrote, Bush would put the sleaze factor squarely in his column and lock up the general election...
...former governor of Pennsylvania was nominated last month to replace the departing Meese as the head of the Justice Department. He had been mentioned as a possible running mate before his nomination, but since then his name has been largely ignored when political observers discuss the GOP ticket...
...Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) also praised Thornburgh at the time of his appointment, calling him a "man of competence." Competence is the main theme of the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign. Completing the Republican ticket with a "man of competence," would easily deflate the Democratic balloon...
...creates a problem for the Republicans, but not a great one. It may even prove strategic. By selecting a Northeasterner, Bush can go whole hog in pretending to be a Texan which he will need to do to beat Bentsen in the Longhorn State. And with Thornburgh on the ticket, such a move won't mean sacrificing support in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states...