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Can McCain or Forbes Stop Bush? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / CAMPAIGN 2000 |
| Author: Bill Sammon |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2000 |
| Size: 2,326 Words, 14,637 Characters |
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How long, then, can Texas Gov. George W. Bush remain the front-runner in a crowded field of Republican presidential candidates, each of whom wants desperately to triumph in next month's Super Tuesday contest and then seize his party's nomination in August?
After all, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) has the biography and publisher Steve Forbes has the bucks to give the Texas governor indigestion until the dog days of summer, when the trio will converge at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia--the City of Brotherly Love.
And yet, if there are any sure bets left in the world of politics, Bush's continued status as front-runner may well be one of them.
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"Everything would have to go wrong for Bush for him to lose," said conservative television commentator...
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...are forced to fold their tents. The jury is still out on whether Bush will squander his front-runner status by reacting poorly to mistakes.
"I don't think any lead is ever insurmountable," said Blankley, who served as press secretary to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. "I guess I've been involved in too many campaigns, as a politician, to believe in the inevitability of any campaign." vbcrlf
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