With the outcome not a foregone conclusion, the balloting would be the most exciting it would be for the rest of the 20th century and into the 21st.
In 1976, 经历半年多共和党提名苦战,里根最终败给福特。在GOP convention,里根意外收到福特邀请上台发言。在毫无准备的情况下,里根做了下述即兴演讲,团结了GOP, 同时奠定1982获胜的基础
这个即兴演讲是里根著名讲话之一,据当时记者报道,GOP的代表们听过后开始意识到:“we nominated wrong guy."
Both Ford and Reagan's names were put into nomination.