then came george h.w. bush and then ronald reagan. bob dole nonated the chapters of the republican party. people talk about his hidden faith, full. bob dole in the senate or on the campaign trail running for president did not like to talk about faith. i first met him in the 1988 campaign where he, like i, was fascinated by pat robertson and dole owes message was you did that inside, not the outside. the first day of the campaign was to prove to the right he was solid on taxes and the second day was about voluntary prayer in schools and standing up to bill clinton who he thought was soft on drinks, christian conservatives. he constabilitily had to deal with changes in the party and he didn t like that. he didn t like that. he thought the hard work you put in should be in. if you work hard, you should earn the trust and respect but he constantly had to deal with a party in transition and in the end turned on trump who he one. few big leaders to embrace