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President. that was thanks to richard nixon. gerald ford had never been elected president or even vice president. the republicans had to decide whether they wanted to nominate ford for a whole term in his own rite. he was facing a strong challenge from reagan. it was a dramatic situation heading in to that convention in 1976. news agencies were keeping a rolling rip count about whether ford had enough delegates to sew it up. if reagan dowd take it away from him. the reagan campaign was so freaked out by looking 'the whip count was going against them, three weeks ahead of the convention, they d...

Ford for a whole term in his own rite. he was facing a strong challenge from reagan. it was a dramatic situation heading in to that convention in 1976. news agencies were keeping a rolling rip count about whether ford had enough delegates to sew it up. if reagan dowd take it away from him. the reagan campaign was so freaked out by looking 'the whip count was going against them, three weeks ahead of the convention, they decided on the reagan campaign they would throw the biggest hail mary they could think of. >> as i now feel the people of the delegates have a right to know in advance of the co...

>> nbc's david brinkley not lying when he said it was going to be genuinely interesting. that republican convention in 1976 was the last time we went in to a convention not knowing who the nominee was going to be from a major party. at the time gerald ford was president. that was thanks to richard nixon. gerald ford had never been elected president or even vice president. the republicans had to decide whether they wanted to nominate ford for a whole term in his own rite. he was facing a strong challenge from reagan. it was a dramatic situation heading in to that convention in 1976. news agenci...