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Chuck Hagel 08
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« on: March 03, 2015, 07:49:29 PM » |
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Interesting primaries on all sides. Senator McCain upset the incumbent President in the New Hampshire primary, leading President Dole to withdraw from seeking reelection. Despite an effort by the party establishment to coalesce around Governor Bush, they could not overcome McCain's early momentum. For the Democrats, longshot populist Governor Dean overcame a crowded field to win the nomination, selecting 1996 VP nominee Al Gore to rejoin the ticket. A pack of feral libertarians undertook a hostile takeover of the Reform Party, exploiting the division between the Perot and Ventura factions, and drafted Congressman Paul as their nominee. Paul attempted to remove himself from the ballot (not wishing to antagonize the Texas GOP), but the filing deadline had expired in most states.
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