As both parties gear up for election season, one question remains - Ronald Reagan and his legacy.","image_url":"https://i.imgur.com/IaVa3oh.png","winning_electoral_vote_number":270,"advisor_url":"https://i.imgur.com/4evdh4R.png","recommended_reading":"
Research
Lloyd Bentsen - BritannicaLloyd Bentsen - congress.gov
1988 Vice Presidential Debates on Youtube
Lloyd Bentsen addressing the Economic Club of Washington D.C on Youtube
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There’s scarce a man more suited for the executive than Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. A decorated WW2 pilot who flew bombing runs over the middle of Italy before moving over into the political sector - being elected to the House in 1948. In 1970, he managed to primary the liberal titan incumbent Ralph Yarborough - in the process damaging his relationship with party liberals, and defeat the same George Bush in the general election. Bentsen is a notable southern moderate and party elder, leading to his warm relationship with most folks across the aisle.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. is the epitome of what it means to be an American. A WW2 pilot such as yourself, he later became an astronaut for NASA, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. But he set his sights higher, becoming Ohio's senator in 1974. Glenn is another moderate Democrat, but would give the advantage of helping in the Midwest, an area that is competitive this year.
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