Lee Feels a Draft

‘If you can find a better candidate,” the trench-coated symbol of the American Dream says from the TV screen, “vote for him.”

That’s what this son of Italian immigrants, crack automotive CEO, inventor of the Mustang, savior of the Statue of Liberty, and best-selling autobiographer will soon be saying if some tenacious Democratic drafters have their way. This hardy band wants to do for Lee Iacocca what Republicans did for non-politician Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. “It’s our job to have the American people convince him to run,” says Terry Schmidt, head of the Draft Iacocca Committee.

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‘If you can find a better candidate,” the trench-coated symbol of the American Dream says from the TV screen, “vote for him.”

That’s what this son of Italian immigrants, crack automotive CEO, inventor of the Mustang, savior of the Statue of Liberty, and best-selling autobiographer will soon be saying if some tenacious Democratic drafters have their way. This hardy band wants to do for Lee Iacocca what Republicans did for non-politician Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. “It’s our job to have the American people convince him to run,” says Terry Schmidt, head of the Draft Iacocca Committee.