quote[When George Bush and Gerald Ford met this week, it's unlikely the president asked his predecessor for advice about how to weather midterm elections. In 1974, Ford alienated conservatives by picking moderate Nelson Rockefeller as his vice president. Then he alienated everyone else by pardoning Nixon just two months before the elections, leading to a 20-point plunge in his approval rating. The Republican National Committee could only rally the troops through commiseration, running an ad that asked, "When has it been easy to be a Republican?" Ford's party dropped 43 seats in the House and four in the Senate.]
Good article.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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