CAMPAIGN ’88 : Kemp Cool to VP Talk
New York Rep. Jack Kemp, under consideration for the Republican vice presidential nomination, said Friday he would be flattered if given the opportunity to run but he isn’t sitting by the telephone waiting for the call.
“If it happens, fine; if it doesn’t it’s fine with me, too,” Kemp told a press conference in Sacramento.
Kemp, whom aides to Vice President George Bush have identified as one of more than a dozen Republicans being considered for the ticket, joined state Senate Minority Leader Ken Maddy (R-Fresno) on a tour of five California cities (including the capital) to deliver pep talks to delegates to the GOP convention Aug. 15-18 in New Orleans. Maddy is actively boosting Kemp for the vice presidential nomination.
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