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Article: Bumpers laments not running for president.(Dale Bumpers)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- March 10, 2003
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THE TOUGHEST DECISION Dale Bumpers ever made was not running for president of the United States.
When asked why he didn't run after agonizing over it in. 1983 and again in 1987, the former senator, who is known for his oratory skills, was almost at a loss for words.
"I don't know," he said, with a hint of emotion crimping his aristocratic Southern drawl. "I've never had a good answer for that. In hindsight, I've lamented deeply in the last two years that I didn't make a run at it.
Bumpers said he wasn't prepared for the rigors of the campaign trail. He "made the tour" of pre-election speaking engagements in 1983, traveling to California, Iowa, ...