LastMcGovernite
Ringorules
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« on: July 26, 2009, 10:37:56 PM » |
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I'm not sure I agree that the field was weak in the first place. You had a congressman, Gephardt, with strong ties to labor and the Midwest. You had Dukakis, a governor of a state that was then undergoing an improbable economic boom. You had Joe Biden, who could articulate a positive vision of liberalism better than anyone else in the field. You had a promising young southernor, Al Gore. And, as you mention, you had Gary Hart, who had a real shot at appealing to yuppies and westerners.
Granted, some of these names- especially Gore and Biden- seem more prominent in hindsight, given their ascendency to the vice-presidency. But it was still a strong field.
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