BBC News: The wife of the late President Ford, Betty Ford died on Friday. Of course Mrs Ford gave her name to the Betty Ford Centre and supported her husband through his political career, in 1976 President Ford faced a challenge for the Republican nomination from then ex Governor Ronald Reagan. The Ford Campaign won the nomination but lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976. In 1980 Ronald Reagan wanted ex President Ford to be his running mate against Jimmy Carter, but in effect Ford asked for a Co- Presidency, this was a no go with the Reagan’s, the demand was on live TV. The modern Republican Party is more Reagan’s than Ford’s.
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