You Gotta Have Hart: A Different 1988 and Beyond

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Various Primary Polling, Early 1988
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    Meyer London

    January 1988


    The following is a collection of polls gathered throughout the month of January as the primary races heated up in both parties:​


    Republican Polling for the Iowa Caucuses
    Dan Quayle: 35%
    Bob Dole: 30%
    George Bush: 27%
    Jack Kemp: 5%
    Pete Du Point: 2%


    Republican Polling for the New Hampshire Primary
    George Bush: 31%
    Dan Quayle: 30%
    Bob Dole: 26%
    Pete Du Point: 9%
    Jack Kemp: 3%


    Republican Polling for the Nevada Primary
    Dan Quayle: 37%
    George Bush: 33%
    Bob Dole: 21%
    Pete Du Point: 5%
    Jack Kemp: 3%


    Democratic Polling for the Iowa Caucuses
    Gary Hart: 23%
    Lee Iacocca: 21%
    Paul Simon 20%
    Richard Gephardt: 14%
    Al Gore: 12%
    Jesse Jackson: 10%


    Democratic Polling for the New Hampshire Primary
    Gary Hart: 35%
    Lee Iacocca: 29%
    Jesse Jackson: 15%
    Al Gore: 9%
    Paul Simon: 8%
    Richard Gephardt: 4%


    Democratic Polling for the Minnesota Primary
    Lee Iacocca: 32%
    Gary Hart: 28%
    Paul Simon: 17%
    Jesse Jackson: 6%
    Richard Gephardt: 3%


    Democratic Polling for the South Dakota Primary
    Lee Iacocca: 52%
    Gary Hart: 15%
    Paul Simon: 12%
    Jesse Jackson: 12%
    Al Gore: 7%
    Richard Gephardt: 2%​
     
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    • Meyer London

    Meyer London

    On Thanksgiving Day, Gentleman Biaggi and I would just like to take time to thank you all for reading You Gotta Have Hart so far. To those who were with us since the beginning, to those who just started reading, we thank you. Without you, this timeline would just be an idea.


    All of the support we have received from the community has been incredible and keeps us going when we are tired or feeling lazy. The continued encouragement and assistance we have received has been more than anything we could have ever expected.


    We’re extremely excited to keep on writing and hope you like the content we have put out so far as well as the posts that will be coming out in the future.


    Have a great Thanksgiving, and we’ll see you when we post today’s update!


    -Meyer and The Gentleman
     
    Gentleman Biaggi

    Gentleman Biaggi

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    Meyer London said:
    On Thanksgiving Day, Gentleman Biaggi and I would just like to take time to thank you all for reading You Gotta Have Hart so far. To those who were with us since the beginning, to those who just started reading, we thank you. Without you, this timeline would just be an idea.


    All of the support we have received from the community has been incredible and keeps us going when we are tired or feeling lazy. The continued encouragement and assistance we have received has been more than anything we could have ever expected.


    We’re extremely excited to keep on writing and hope you like the content we have put out so far as well as the posts that will be coming out in the future.


    Have a great Thanksgiving, and we’ll see you when we post today’s update!


    -Meyer and The Gentleman
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    Fixed.
    Also, thank you all for almost 15,000 views! Our next post shall begin the primary process so prepare yourselves!
     
    TheImperialTheorist

    TheImperialTheorist

    Gentleman Biaggi said:
    Fixed.
    Also, thank you all for almost 15,000 views! Our next post shall begin the primary process so prepare yourselves!
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    For the primaries, I can see Dan Quayle easily winning in the Republican ones, as he's leading 2 out of 3. As for the Democratic primaries, it'll be a fierce battle between Iaccoa and Hart, but if Iaccoa slips another controversial comment on Hart, things might flip to Hart's side.
     
    Gentleman Biaggi

    Gentleman Biaggi

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    TheImperialTheorist said:
    For the primaries, I can see Dan Quayle easily winning in the Republican ones, as he's leading 2 out of 3. As for the Democratic primaries, it'll be a fierce battle between Iaccoa and Hart, but if Iaccoa slips another controversial comment on Hart, things might flip to Hart's side.
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    Quayle's lead is largely based on his advantages in the first three states, but he still has a good chance in the primary even with inflated poll numbers. Only time will tell who wins...
     
    The 1988 Michigan Republican Delegate Caucus
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    Gentleman Biaggi

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    January 12th, 1988


    "How's it looking on the ground, Ted?" Two days before the first contest in the Republican primaries, set to take place in Michigan, Jerry Falwell was on the phone with the campaign director in the state.


    "Well, the enthusiasm is just great here for us, but this damn process is going to screw us!" Ted sounded stressed, frazzled, and as if he hadn't slept in a good two weeks.


    "I definitely agree with you there. Of course that goddamn Bush is going to have the advantage when this God forsaken process began in August two years ago. I didn't even know who Dan was then. The people should be the ones voting, not some self-important delegate bastards! Do we have a chance at all?"


    There was a pause on the other end, before a question broke the quiet.


    "Do you want honesty, sir?" Falwell chuckled.


    "Yes, son, honesty is the best policy."


    "We aren't going to win here. The President has too deep of roots to make such a comeback. That's the truth of the matter. We'll make a good showing, but we won't win." Falwell thought before responding.


    "Well, how close can we make this thing?" There was another pause on the other end.


    "Sir, some of the delegates in our corner have been talking regarding a secondary plan if it was clear we weren't going to win. In a show of opposition, they want to walk out of their respective caucus locations, in an effort---" Ted was cut off by shouting.


    "NO! Do you hear me, goddammit?"


    "Uhh, yes, sir." There was legitimate fear in poor Ted's voice.


    "Listen to me, and listen good. You get those delegates on the line right now, and you tell them to stay at those god damned caucuses and vote for JAMES. DANFORTH. QUAYLE. Got it?"


    "Yes, sir. Of course, sir." Falwell nodded, his color returning to normal.


    "Good. This is a legitimate campaign, not some two bit movement. You get your men in line by Thursday or me and you are gonna have problems, you got that?"


    "Yes, sir. I'll get right on it, sir."


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    January 14th, 1988


    The results of the 1988 Michigan Republican Delegate Caucus


    George H.W. Bush - 620 delegates (52%)
    Dan Quayle - 453 delegates (38%)
    Jack Kemp - 72 delegates (6%)
    Bob Dole -36 delegates (3%)
    Pete Du Pont - 12 delegates (1%)
     
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    • Meyer London

    Meyer London

    The Gentleman and I are feeling refreshed after respective food comas yesterday, so we are dropping a FOURTH straight update later. We’ll be taking a look at the Republican primaries in Hawaii and Kansas. Stay tuned!
     
    The 1988 Hawaii and Kansas Republican Primaries
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    Meyer London

    February 4th, 1988


    Due to the clout of the looming election in Iowa, the 1988 Hawaii Republican Caucus was completely overshadowed and ignored by all but one candidate.


    Throughout the months of campaigning leading up to caucus in Hawaii, the main candidates of the Republican party had taken the Aloha State for granted. With it's limited delegates and lack of use in the general election, visits for most of the candidates were extremely sporadic, if at all.


    Except for one.


    Pete Du Pont, former governor of Deleware, had realized early in the race that he would struggle in a field which seemed destined for a Bush/Quayle/Dole showdown. In states like Iowa and New Hampshire, where the big three would campaign hard, Du Pont would have no chance unless he had already built up name recognition.


    Du Pont utilized the strategy made popular by Jimmy Carter in 1976 and attempted by Ben Fernandez in 1980; he would focus heavily on one state and score a victory to propel his candidacy in the future. The state that his floundering campaign chose was Hawaii.


    Hawaii was ideal for Du Pont; its Republican Party was notoriously centrist and its potential was untapped. Only time would tell if his strategy would pay off.


    Meanwhile, the Quayle campaign was outraged. The original Hawaii caucus was scheduled for Wednesday, January 27th, when the two polls to leak out of the island both had their candidate in the lead. At the last moment, however, the state party decided it had to verify all of the new voters who had registered in the last few weeks before the election.


    This was essentially the only effort the Quayle campaign put into the state, however. The campaign had almost noground game or money in the state. To say the least, they were confident in a victory.


    The other main candidates, George H.W. Bush, Jack Kemp and Bob Dole spent no time in the state. Bush was trying to make up ground in Iowa, Dole wasassuring support in Kansas and Jack Kemp was attempting to save his campaign in New Hampshire on election day in Hawaii.


    The votes came in slowly, and the eventual outcome was a contradiction - predictive but odd, straightforward yetconfusing.


    Dan Quayle - 57% of the popular vote
    Pete Du Pont - 32% of the popular vote
    George H.W. Bush - 6% of the popular vote
    Bob Dole - 5% of the popular vote
    Jack Kemp - <1% of the popular vote


    With the Hawaii caucus being a winner-take-all system, Dan Quayle scored 20 delegates to the national convention. The presumptive winner had not faltered, and his few representatives in Hawaii did enough to get him the win.


    The biggest winner of the night, however, was Pete Du Pont. His hands-on campaign style had garnered him over 30% of the popular vote, and immediately gave him name recognition. Newspapers couldn't believe that a man who wasn't even getting 3% nationally could pick up so many votes in a state that wasn't even his home.


    Pete Du Pont had hope.


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    February 7th, 1988


    In comparison, the Kansas primary was the most boring contest in the entire primary cycle.


    Through some political tomfoolery by the Dole-backing Kansas legislature, the popular caucus was removed and it was decided that the state representatives would solely vote in the primary.


    With Kansas being the home of Bob Dole, he received 99% of the vote from the state house, and all 34 delegates to the national convention.


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    Heading into the all-important Iowa Caucus, the delegate count looked like this:


    (1,128 delegates needed to win the nomination)
    George H.W. Bush - 77 delegates
    Bob Dole - 34 delegates
    Dan Quayle - 20 delegates


    Up next for the Republicans: Iowa, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Nevada.


    For the Democrats: Iowa, New Hampshire, Minnesota, South Dakota.
     
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    FIVE STRAIGHT UPDATES
    WE DID IT
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    Super Bowl XXII was the Denver Broncos third trip to the Super Bowl, and one of their most notable ones. The Broncos faced the Washington Redskins, who had the first ever African-American Quarterback to start in a Super Bowl, Doug Williams. Williams had a dazzling comeback season, as he was originally a backup for Jay Schroeder at the beginning of the season. Before the game, the question was asked, would the storybook team win, or would the Broncos finally get a title on their third title game appearance?


    The beginning of the game went incredible for Denver, they managed to score 10 points out of the gate before starter Doug Jones twisted his leg and Schroeder had to enter. On his first play Schroeder was sacked by Karl Meckenburg and fumbled, with Meckenburg returning the fumble for a touchdown. Denver had an almost insurmountable lead at 17-0. However, Doug Williams decided to re-enter the game. On his first play Ricky Sanders caught the ball and returned it for 78 yards. However, the Denver defense tackled him on the 2 yard line, and held the Redskins to a field goal, killing their momentum. On their next drive, Denver nailed another field goal and made the game 20-3. The rest of the quarter was boring until Elway scored a rushing touchdown at the end of the half, to make the game 27-3. The final half was Doug Williams’s attempt at a comeback, the Washington Redskins went on a 17-0 spree in the third quarter, and Denver’s confidence shifted. In the fourth quarter, both teams were stuck until the game had 6:47 left. With 5:47 left, the Broncos kicked another field goal to make it 30-20. However, Williams managed to score another touchdown with 2:01 left. The score was 30-27 and the Redskins just needed a field goal to go to overtime. However, Joe Gibbs decided to take two risks. First, he opted for an onsides kick. Shockingly, the kick was a success, and Washington received the ball on their own 47, with 1:58 left. The team took two plays to get to the 39-yard-line, as many thought the Broncos were choking. With 1:39 left, Gibbs decided to have Williams throw it deep. This became the ending of the Super Bowl. Williams threw the ball in the air towards a quickly forming mosh pit of players. The ball bounced up once, and the Denver Broncos picked it off. After the Broncos picked it off, Elway ran out the clock, and the Broncos celebrated on the field. While Denver had got the trophy this year, one could only imagine what would happen next year...

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