In 1972, he served as national co-chairman of the Democrats for Nixon.
He also showed, as one of the five national co-chairmen of the Bush election effort, that he could be a team player.
He became a national co-chairman of the Socialist Party of America in early 1972.
A national co-chairman of the Clinton campaign called the President "a racist."
In 1995, Watts was named national co-chairman for the presidential campaign of Republican Bob Dole.
There is a much smaller picture of him with Senator John Kerry, whose presidential campaign he served as a national co-chairman.
At the time, the President also named former Senator Bob Dole as a national co-chairman of the $100 million fund-raising campaign for the memorial.
He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jackson was a national co-chairman of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
He was a national co-chairman of President George Bush's unsuccessful 1992 re-election campaign.