In 1988 had the dem ticket been Bentsen/Dukakis would the Dem have won?

[WI_DEM]

considering that the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket was 17-points ahead after the Dem convention, I was wondering if the Dem ticket had been reversed if Bentsen could have beaten Poppy Bush?

[LeftishBrit]

1. This will be controversial here, I know...

but I didn't like Bentsen, and don't think he'd have been a good president even if he'd won. Yes, better than Poppy or Quayle - any Dem would have been. But quite a right-winger in his own right.

[SoCalDem]

2. Probably not..

Bentsen was not the "ticket-topper type"..too bland..Dukakis was the "other"..the swarthy guy with the foreign sounding name..

and Bush was perceived as Reagan's 3rd term..and not too threatening...(little did we all know then)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. If the ticket were reversed,

we'd never have had that brilliant Bentsen line delivered to a trembling Dan Quayle about "You're no Jack Kennedy."

I wonder, though. Bentsen was remarkable, and well-liked. But, Lee Atwater was running Poppy's campaign, so it probably would have been stolen for them, anyway.