Word: gephardt
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Following weeks of speculation, Missouri Representative Dick Gephardt told Gore today that he won't seek the Democratic nomination, the vice president's advisors told the Associated Press...
...Clinton has worked the leadership hard, prescreening his proposals with Richard Gephardt and Daschle, burying porcupines like "fast-track" trade authority to maintain the peace. "A lot of this has been about keeping Gephardt happy," says a leadership source, "because they hope Gephardt will keep labor and other liberal groups happy." Every Friday senior members of the leadership staffs meet in Gephardt's conference room with White House advisers to talk about policy and message. Impeachment lurks but never sits down. "You talk about it before and you talk about it later, but the point of the meeting...
...organization, even in battleground states like New Hampshire and Iowa. Democrats say they have little sense of him or his message. A new TIME/CNN poll shows Gore leading Bradley 44% to 12% among Democrats, with 54% of overall respondents saying they don't know who Bradley is (Dick Gephardt has better name recognition). Political operatives wonder how Bradley expects to raise the $20 million he needs to take on Gore. They wonder if he's running for President--or Vice President. The idea makes him giggle. "I've always preferred to be the underdog," he says, arguing that...
...politics of impeachment are having an effect not only on the fate of the man sitting in the Oval Office, but also on those who would like to succeed him. According to aides and friends, one aspirant, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, has all but decided that the year 2000 is the wrong time for him. Observing the anti-impeachment sentiments expressed by the public in the last election, "Gephardt sees a great chance to obtain a Democratic majority in the next Congress and become the next House Speaker," says TIME senior writer Eric Pooley. "By contrast the odds...
...Gore has the money, the organization and the name recognition. "There is little chance that Gephardt could overtake the vice president," says Pooley. However, taking a chance on becoming Speaker -- second in the line of succession and the primary agenda-setter in the House -- is more appealing to Gephardt at this time. "Of course," Pooley emphasizes, "nothing is sure in politics." The presidential fire in the belly burns bright for those who really want the job, and Gephardt could decide to go for it. Moreover, while a Democratic majority looks possible in the next Congress, it is by no means...