CSPAN2 Book TV August 27, 2012
.. >> come other people wanted the job -- some other people wanted the job. the very conservative governor of ohio wanted the job, and they gave him the consolation prize of being the vice presidential candidate. robert taft, the senator from ohio, wanted the job, but nobody wanted him. he didnt get it. he had wanted it in 1940, and wendell willkie was made the nominee then. he wanted it again in 1948 and again in 1952, and in 1952 he came reasonably close, but dwight eisenhower was th...
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