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Episode 228 The LEADERSHIP of GEORGE BUSH ( Part 4) The Campaign of 1980 (part A The Primary)
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George Bush was an asterisk in the polls. He was up against several of the top brass of the Republican Party in America when he announced his run for President in 1980. He was facing Howard Stassen, Representative Phil Crane, Senator Bob Dole, Senator Howard Baker, Governor John Connally, Representative John Anderson and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. There was literally no one who thought he had any chance in that crowd at all.
On the other side of the political aisle was a race that was stealing all the attention from the Republicans as well. It was a bitter…
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