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...writers about the kind of man Ford should pick to run for Vice President. From his manner, Dole clearly indicated that he did not at all consider himself to be the likely selection, but the man he described began to sound remarkably like Bob Dole. Ford's Veep, he said, should be helpful in the farm states. These would be critically important for the G.O.P.'s chances, the states where the Democrats' Walter Mondale -a Minnesota populist-would surely be making hay. The President's running mate should be able to help out with the party...
...VICE PRESIDENCY. Reagan's selection of liberal Pennsylvania Senator Richard Schweiker had failed to shake loose many pro-Ford delegates in the less conservative delegations, but it had raised the Veep issue as an emotional battleground. Reagan's bold manager Sears pushed for a rule which would force Ford to name his running mate by 9 a.m. Wednesday, the day of the presidential balloting. Some Ford delegates were eager to have the President put all his cards on the table too. Delegation leaders in the Northeast and pro-Ford delegates from Maine sought assurances in particular that Ford...
FORD'S VEEP LISTS...
Certainly, Reagan's embracing of a liberal has opened Ford's Veep options. It is hard to see how the Reaganites can complain if Ford chooses anyone to the right of Schweiker-which includes just about every prominent Republican...
...Texas twang that most political antennas are picking up whenever speculation turns to a Veep for Ford or Reagan has these origins...