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...this on for size: if Bill Clinton slips between now and July, it's entirely possible that the Democrats could have a brokered convention in which an entirely new candidate could emerge victorious. Speculation has centered around Cuomo, Bentsen, Gephardt and Gore...
...hope he will change his mind," Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), chief sponsor of the bill, said of Bush. "If he will remove his Pat Buchanan blinders, the president will see this bill for what it is: an honest effort at finding a solution...
...fray -- it remains a five-man race. Despite nudges and nods from Albany, the overhyped Mario Cuomo write-in campaign (4%) drooped as badly as New York State's credit rating. Clinton's resurrection was enough to scare off potential candidates like Congressman Richard Gephardt and Senator Lloyd Bentsen. The message from New Hampshire was an unequivocal one: "No guts, no glory...
...York Governor Mario Cuomo, continuing his Hamlet act well past what had been thought to be the last scene, had done nothing to discourage either a New Hampshire write-in campaign or efforts to start a national draft movement. Then there is serious talk about Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, the 1988 vice- presidential nominee -- who has passed word that he would accept a draft -- and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, like Gephardt a 1988 also-ran, plus more wistful speculation about Senators Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell -- almost everybody...
...Clinton falls in New Hampshire, the vulture watch will be in full cry. Advisers to Lloyd Bentsen, Al Gore and Richard Gephardt admit they are considering a late entry, but all eyes are on Mario Cuomo. The New York Governor has refused to call off a New Hampshire write-in campaign. Ads in the state's papers and mass mailings to Democrats are explaining how they can write in a vote for a "proven leader" in a field of "second choices." Cuomo's national supporters are steering funds to the New Hampshire effort, so TV spots are just around...