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...Grandmaison has developed his own home-spun theory for predicting exactly when potential Democratic candidates will choose to jump...
Another likely candidate is Sen. Albert Gore Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.), who "keeps in touch," says Joseph Grandmaison, a former state party chair and the 1990 Democratic nominee for governor...
...Grandmaison separates the pool into two separate tiers--a first tier of candidates such as Gore and Cuomo, who may have serious expectations in the election, and a second group composed of aspirants such as Rockefeller, Kerrey and Clinton, who are probably only aiming to lay the groundwork...
...guess is that as soon as one of those [second-tier] people enter, that will cause the first tier of candidates to either shit or get off the pot," Grandmaison says...
...Biden, Gephardt and Dukakis do emerge as the summer favorites, the honor may be risky. "The lights go up a little earlier on all these guys," warns a Biden adviser. "Some might not be ready for the scrutiny." Joseph Grandmaison, Democratic chairman in New Hampshire, quips, "If I were a candidate, you'd find me lighting a candle in the local church, praying that no one puts 'front runner' before my name...