Word: trumped
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...hard to follow as a bouncing rubber ball. After McCain's decisive win in New Hampshire, he was able to score defections of major Bush supporters in California and New York, the two largest states, delegate-wise, to vote March 7. Even more impressive was his successful campaign to trump New York's convoluted nomination system and get himself on the ballot in all 31 of the state's voting districts. But then came the Bush landslide in South Carolina Saturday, which gave him nearly five times as many delegates as McCain to that point and left just three days...
...that Perot gave him no help when he ran for Governor and that the Texas billionaire saw him as a bit of a kook. When JACK GARGAN, Ventura's candidate, became the party's chair last year, war broke out. Then came the parade of drop-ins--first DONALD TRUMP, then WARREN BEATTY. By the time professional activist LENORA FULANI had relocated in PAT BUCHANAN'S kitchen, it was just too weird. Last week, Perot allies ousted Gargan in a meeting marred by shouting and shoving. When Ventura dubs the party a "dysfunctional family," he's being kind...
Still, the Ventura departure has consequences. It's all but impossible for Donald Trump to seek the party's nomination, clearing the way for Pat Buchanan--unless the mercurial Perot should get in. A Buchanan candidacy could drain votes from the G.O.P. in the fall, especially if the Republicans nominate JOHN MCCAIN, whom many on the right may find unacceptable. Reform still comes with a prize of ballot access and $12.6 million in federal matching funds...
...read somewhere that Jesse Ventura and Donald Trump knew each other long before they banded together to form a Loudmouth Caucus in the Reform Party. Is that true...
...strong impact on Ventura's career. Ventura, who had a crew cut at the time, took a long look at Trump and figured if haircuts could get that bad, he might as well shave his head...