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...make inroads into the political middle. That if Al Gore had really captured the imagination of Democrats and independents, why did so many wander into the Republican primaries to vote for McCain? That McCain did indeed conjure a yearning for freshness and outspokenness in our psyches, and that Bill Bradley was a great basketball player, a fine senator and a citizen with an admirable conscience...
...Democratic race appears to have been a case of the hungrier candidate carrying the day. Throughout the early debates of the primary season, Gore repeatedly told Bradley: "Bill, this is not an academic exercise." And while Gore hired feminist image specialist Naomi Wolf to help convert him into a power-suit-wearing Alpha Male, Bradley remained the genteel, cardigan-wearing policy wonk he was known for being on the Senate floor. Bradley also suffered by having the air sucked out of his campaign by the fierce battle between John McCain and George W. Bush. After Bradley's strong showing...
...Bradley] gave a very moving speech tonight," said TIME correspondent Tamala Edwards, reporting from Bradley headquarters in Manhattan. "He's saying he's going to take [Wednesday] to think about what to do next, but there's a general sense here that this thing's over and that this was a concession speech. It was a very touching way to say good-bye. This wasn't like other campaigns - the people who supported him really believed in him." For his part, Gore was quick to mend fences, praising Bradley for bringing fresh ideas to the political arena, especially...
...while it lasted. John McCain and Bill Bradley assailed the established favorites with "new" programs, with cries for reform and whispered misgivings about their opponents' supporters. It was the year 2000 revival of a fine American classic script, and it played well for a while, then came to an abrupt halt. George Bush and Al Gore romped over the upstarts in the early results on Tuesday, appearing to put an end to the suspense and drama (or pseudo-drama) and sentencing us all to an eight-month campaign between the heavily programmed duo. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Bush...
Tamala Edwards (on the campaign trail with Bill Bradley in Manhattan...