University of Southern California Susan Estrich, who managed Democratic Michael Dukakis's 1988 campaign says that Bush's lack of agenda created in Republican Party that the religious right is eager to fill.. ... Robertsons 1988 bid for Republican nomination failed, Washington..…
In Republican primaries of 1980, President Bush once again played the role of party machine man and was the spearhead of Republican to Ronald Reagan's nomination. did Reagan win twice in resounding fashion he engineered one of the greatest realignments American history the..…
'Remember when George Bush lost a presidential debate (and perhaps the presidency) by just looking at his watch?' ... His post came just days after Bush, the 41st president, passed away on Nov. 30 at the age of 94. ..…
From here, Bush’s political star began to take off. Following a stint as chief of the Republican National Committee, Bush was nominated by President Ford in 1976 to lead the CIA. . ... Above all, however, Operation Desert Storm, the military offensive to liberate Kuwait from an..…
He helped Dulles brothers in establishing OSS, the predecessor of CIA — thus getting Bush family into the spy business.. After losing in Republican Party presidential primaries to Reagan, he joined the ticket and became president. ..…
It triggered challenges from within Republican party and from third party in the 1992 election that helped pave the way to Bush's defeat by Bill Clinton.. ..…
In his 1988 speech for Presidential at Republican National Convention New Orleans, then-Vice President Bush cited the Order of AHEPA as one of 'Thousand Points of Light that brighten and diversify America. ... President Bush, at 94 years of age, was the patriarch of political..…
Bush could bluff and bluster his way past mounting evidence that he and other Republicans conspired in 1980 to block release of 52 U.S. hostages in Iran and thus ensure Ronald Reagan’s election, an alleged gambit that bordered on treason itself. . ... Taking their cue from the President,..…
That year was the first-time the National Log Cabin Republicans made an endorsement decision in the presidential race. The group declined to support Bush because he refused to condemn Buchanan’s anti-gay rhetoric at the GOP convention. . ..…
One of Bush's former senior aides, Ron Kaufman, now Republican national committeeman from Massachusetts, said Bush's death marked the end of culture — culture of civility... ... Bush and the contributions he made, said Bruce Ash, Republican national..…