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Harkin's charisma, message and spunk make him a top contender for the Democratic nomination. If he wins the party's nod, he might not beat George Herbert Walker Bush. But he would give him the fight of his life.
No, it's not George Bush, or one of his cronies. It's not a Republican at all. It's L. Douglas Wilder, governor of Virginia, formal contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
R. Elaine Noble, Cambridge's first openly gay council candidate, is possibly the most sophisticated contender in this year's race. But she has no Cambridge track record and is spurning all the established political slates.
Jason M. Solomon '93, a staff writer for The Crimson, knows he coulda been a contender.
Over the summer, Rudenstine named a Kennedy School advisory committee, which has begun looking for a replacement for Putnam. The school's acting dean, Albert Carnesale, is said to be a contender. A decision is likely to be made before the spring semester.