ASHCROFT 2000 RIP?

[Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>]

At 6:04 PM -0500 on 11/6/98, National Review DC wrote:


> ASHCROFT 2000 RIP?
> Gov. Mel Carnahan (D., Mo.) has announced he will challenge Sen. John
> Ashcroft's (R., Mo.) re-election. It's an ominous move for the freshman
> senator's presidential bid. Sen. Phil Gramm had a tougher race than
> usual following his disastrous 1996 run for the presidency, and he was
> running against a political nobody. Gov. Carnahan is politically
> formidable, and could give Ashcroft a run for his money even without the
> distractions, missed votes, and potential embarrassments of a
> presidential campaign. Ashcroft now must worry about the Dornan effect.
>
> On the other hand, Ashcroft would be able to convert any funds raised in
> a presidential campaign to his Senate race if he lost the former. But
> handicappers already question how much he can raise.

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