John Connally and the Nomination
John Connally has friends in high places. Roy Ash, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is a friend, as is Texan William Clements, Number Two man at Defense. Robert Strauss, Democratic National Chairman, was Connally’s roommate in law school. George Bush, Republican National Chairman, at least knows Connally. Bush would be senator from Texas had not Connally, as former Governor of Texas, put his formidable political talents behind the campaign of his very close friend Lloyd Bentsen in 1970.
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