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- <text id=91TT1584>
- <title>
- July 15, 1991: Who's Winning the Shadow Race?
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- July 15, 1991 Misleading Labels
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
- Who's Winning the Shadow Race?
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> So far, Paul Tsongas is the only official candidate in the
- running for the 1992 Democratic nomination, but other
- politicians are quietly positioning themselves for a late entry.
- Here's where they stand:
- </p>
- <p> GAINERS
- </p>
- <p> Jay Rockefeller.
- </p>
- <p> The Ivy League West Virginia Senator is stumping to
- promote health-care reform, and he's adopting a backslapping
- bonhomie with power brokers.
- </p>
- <p> Bill Clinton.
- </p>
- <p> The Arkansas Governor is cultivating a mainstream image as
- head of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council.
- </p>
- <p> Tom Harkin.
- </p>
- <p> The Iowa Senator has won huzzahs for his fiery defense of
- liberal values, which could help in his home state's caucuses.
- But he won't win it all.
- </p>
- <p> LOSERS
- </p>
- <p> Al Gore.
- </p>
- <p> Democratic activists say the Tennessee Senator is the best
- man to bridge party factions, but his indecision is losing him
- supporters and respect.
- </p>
- <p> Dick Gephardt.
- </p>
- <p> Another ditherer. The House majority leader's reluctance
- led to Harkin's candidacy.
- </p>
- <p> Doug Wilder.
- </p>
- <p> The Virginia Governor's never-ending feud with Chuck Robb
- makes him look like a vindictive spoiler.
- </p>
- <p> WILD CARDS
- </p>
- <p> Mario Cuomo.
- </p>
- <p> The 800-lb. gorilla of the party has a fiscal mess to
- solve in New York. But the Governor's fund-raising clout and
- popularity among Democratic activists make him the only one who
- can afford to bide his time.
- </p>
- <p> Jesse Jackson.
- </p>
- <p> Washington's shadow Senator is planning to host a weekly
- current-affairs show on Cable News Network, a move that
- indicates he may not run in '92.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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