Random thoughts on 1996 election

I did a quick read on the '96 election when I was looking to see Bill's EV total. I got a little curious about how in the hell Bob Dole, who had already been dead for 15 years, got the nomination. I came across two interesting little tidbits along the way:

Bob Dole carried 47 states. Of the remaining four, Pat Buchanan won Missouri, Louisiana, and New Hampshire, none of which have anything in common with any of the other. Steve Forbes won New Mexico. Weird. Also, Buchanan is from Virginia and Forbes is from New York, so neither carried his home state even though he carried other states (can we please call this Al Gore Syndrome?)

Also, Jack Kemp endorsed Steve Forbes over Bob Dole, before Bob Dole made him his running mate.