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Blaming voter dissatisfaction on both the modern political process and the national press, House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) called for change before a crowd of approximately 250 at the Kennedy School of Government Monday night...
...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...
...DICK GEPHARDT (+1) Could deliver Missouri and add junkyard-dog intensity to Clinton's soft-focus charm. Drawbacks: the eye-brow gap (look closely) and his Japan-bashing protectionism...
Japan bashing has become a national sport. Richard Gephardt, whose 1988 presidential campaign pioneered postcommunist xenophobia, gave us a precursor of the game with his anti-Korea TV ads. Michael Dukakis got more to the point with a campaign ad featuring an ominously rising sun. Now even a sensible moderate like Bob Kerrey goes on TV openly exhorting his countrymen to "Fight back, America," leaving little doubt as to whom we are to fight now that the Soviets are no more...
...name contender into the 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...