Article: W. as Campaigner.(George W. Bush presidential candidacy)

Tests that Bush has passed.

Listen to George W. Bush's naysayers, and it sounds like the governor of Texas is a political novice about to run an amateur-hour campaign for president. "Republicans want a winner, but Gov. Bush is totally untested," complains Lamar Alexander. Adds Pat Buchanan: "It's not unusual for hot front-runners to get into trouble, especially for one as untested as Bush." Even Republicans who aren't running against Bush have their doubts. "I have nothing against George Bush," says David Keene of the American Conservative Union, "but he is totally untested nationally."

Keene has a point: Bush has never before faced the national ...

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