Bugg Stories vol. 8

at this stage in the campaign as much as my heart feels bad like to go i realistically can't do it and the primary reason is ms mundy well known for his nineteen ninety six presidential bid alexander seemed as strong as any other candidates until texas governor george w bush entered the race mainstream republicans flocked to the texans alexander says the party establishment and the media seemingly anointed him as the republican nominee what makes it hard for me to continue his waking up every day to report george w bush is already elected and that lamar alexander has no chance to win maybe that's true but after it's been repeated every day for a few months it's more likely to be true and it makes it virtually impossible to raise money and when that happens you get into it two months ago alexander had only ninety thousand dollars on hand while bush and more than thirty seven million in his campaign chest to save money alexander cut staff and poured all his resources into iowa for the straw poll vanderbilt university political scientist john geer says it was alexander's only chance after

finishing sixth in the straw poll has run for president was over top fund raiser ted wells says bush was the defense and he has a theory on bush's candidacy welsh believes voters were confused by early poll showing the younger bush leading al gore he believes voters mistakenly thought it was former president george bush from that leno it almost to lay eggs on its own that the republicans want so badly to have a nominee who could beat out born would be a winner set that they were willing to cast their lot with him in early on before the new well says once the party establishment backed bush fundraising dried up even in tennessee where alexander's take was cut by more than half as full attorney lou connors and alexander fundraiser he says bush's kansas seat change the rule where basically the establishment has been told in our gift to bush only rent as people would give to more than one candidate to put a vest on the field very difficult though he admitted

defeat lamar alexander said he would not endorse another candidate at least not yet i'd campaigned on the idea that we'll have a contest that our country our party is much better off and protect it with his new generation of candidates when we put us out there and see what we're made up fi glover of the first to find out in the middle of a republican primary i was ready to be president and find out the middle of the debate with albert gore that we nominate someone who's not ready to be president so i would like to see the contest continue supporter carol sergeants of nashville grimaced at his remarks she was here five months ago alexander officially announced his bid i think we lost integrity i think we lost somebody very bright intelligence i think he had a vision for this country and it was going back to the neighborhoods in communities and states and i just think it's a time for the country when asked what he will do now alexander said he was not interested in becoming vanderbilt university's chancellor it would be a while before he would write another

book than the man who's been running for the white house for the past six years took a deep breath for honey and for me this is it such a different period of our of our office is what i'm what i'm searching to senator lamar alexander says this was his last campaign for public office for national public radio i made about it it's b us

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