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John Anderson's run in 1980 was the last, dying gasp of the Rockefeller wing of the Republican party, before it was completely taken over by Reagan/Goldwater conservatives.

Anderson has no real chance of winning. He's far, far too liberal for the GOP in 1980, but what if he's able to force a situation where he is the kingmaker at a contested convention. Likely between Bush and Reagan, or possibly Reagan and Connoly. Would they make a deal with each other before reaching out to Anderson?

Interested to hear your guys thoughts on this scenario.
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