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Article: AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE, IT'S A STEEP CLIMB FOR BRADLEY AND MCCAIN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 29, 1999
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The rationale put forth by Democrats advocating the nomination of
Bill Bradley as president rests on the premise that he is insultated
from Clinton fatigue.
Vice President Al Gore, in the eyes of many, is seen as Clinton
Lite, a sidekick to the wayward president, a sort of mumbly Sancho
Panza to Wild & Krazy Bill's Don Quixote. Whether you buy the
argument or not, there are some numbers to support the Bradley
forces' contention that their man is less vulnerable to the so-
called Clinton drag than the veep.
In the Political Hotline's collection of state-by-state horse race
matchups, Texas Governor George W. Bush leads Gore by 27 states to
five, but Bush leads Bradley by only 16 states to ...