re: #113 HappyWarrior
Well losing VP candidate is a pretty big stigma. In fact, I think Bob Dole may be the only one who was nominated for president and that was twenty years after he ran for VP.
And the Ford/Dole ticket was also a bit of an outlier since it was immediately following the Nixon resignation. I think the Republicans could have had Christ appear and run on the GOP ticket in that election and they still would have lost.