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Article: The nearly man; Farewell, Dick Gephardt.(Dick Gephardt bows out)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2004
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The man from Missouri
Not on our side--but an honest fighter nonetheless
DICK GEPHARDT'S political career came to a full if imperfect circle. In a room in the St Louis convention centre, not far from the city hall where he entered political life as an alderman three decades ago, and close to Union Station, where he launched his first run for president in a noisy celebration in 1987, he gathered with his family for one last campaign appearance.
Only 24 hours earlier Mr Gephardt had seemed supremely confident, predicting with all sincerity that he would win the Iowa caucuses, as he did in 1988. Instead, he finished fourth, with a mere 11% of the ...