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...Connecticut, the 2000 vice- presidential nominee, is expected to declare this week. And at least two other Senators--Bob Graham of Florida and Joseph Biden of Delaware--are giving it serious thought. The Senate is not the only breeding ground for presidential wannabes. Former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt is in the race. The Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to jump in by the end of the month. And last week Gary Hart was making the rounds in Washington declaring his interest in a third bid. "I'd love to be President," he told reporters. "I'd have been...
...Fund raisers grumble that Edwards is slow with his thank-you notes, but the North Carolina Senator's Jan. 2 announcement that he was running was masterly: a tightly organized media blitz of 40 interviews, plus a news conference at the end of his driveway. The more seasoned Gephardt botched his entry when an overly eager fund raiser leaked the news two days early...
...trying to channel Senator John McCain's straight-talking, iconoclastic appeal. They work his name into their speeches. Their operatives seek his team's advice. And most of the candidates have sponsored legislation with him--Lieberman on global warming, Edwards on health care, Kerry on fuel-efficiency standards, Gephardt on corporate welfare. Dean has gone so far as to declare himself the John McCain of 2004. In politics, there's nothing inauthentic about swiping someone else's authenticity...
...speculation and adding his particular brand of Southern progressivism to the mix. He officially joins Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, both of whom declared their candidacies before the holidays. Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, Sen. Bob Graham of Florida and House minority leader Richard Gephardt are expected to announce in the next several weeks whether they will...
...Does he have a chance? Yes - as much, anyway, as any other Democrat who challenges the still overwhelmingly popular current President. Since Al Gore bowed out of the picture, the ranks of Democratic hopefuls have swelled, and although Daschle and Gephardt have best name recognition the odds are considered fairly even among the potential candidates. Edwards, while relatively new to the political scene and lacking Kerry or Daschle's national reputation, is nonetheless appreciated among Democratic party leaders for his easy, appealing presence, both on television and in person...