Trailing a dominant front-runner, a presidential candidate announces
his running mate early, hoping to upend the race and win at an open
convention.
Ted Cruz's decision to tap Carly Fiorina on
Wednesday is certainly unconventional, but not unprecedented — it echoes
Ronald Reagan's gambit heading into the 1976 convention, a history that
offers cautionary notes for Cruz.
Reagan finished the primaries as both a beloved
conservative and party underdog, trailing incumbent President Gerald
Ford by 100 delegates.
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