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liberalpragmatist

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Wed Feb-21-07 11:36 PM
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8. Gerald Ford nearly became Reagan's running mate in 1980

Edited on Wed Feb-21-07 11:37 PM by liberalpragmatist

The deal fell through because they couldn't come up with an effective power-sharing plan. But the discussions were very serious.

Also, when the Democrats tried to draft Eisenhower to run in '48 (he hadn't declared a party yet and was pretty tight-lipped), Truman offered to drop back down to VP if Eisenhower would agree to run. (Truman's popularity was low and it was thought he would be a certain loser.)

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