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In 1988, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis selected Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate to help him campaign in the South and to win Blue Collar Voters as well. Dukakis lost the South by a landslide and Blue Collar Voters really didn't vote for him. Progressives such as Ralph Nader were upset by Dukakis's choice of Bentsen. On Robin Toner's New York Times Article, some alternates on Dukakis's shortlist were: Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt, Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, Florida Senator Bob Graham, Ohio Senator John Glenn, and Reverend Jesse Jackson. I don't think Bentsen was such a bad running mate, especially how well he did in the debate against Dan Quayle. But for the sake of the thread, who would have been a better running mate for Michael Dukakis in 1988?