Bradley In 2000?
CHICAGO (AllPolitics, Aug. 26) -- In the absence of real drama this week, political junkies here can't help but look ahead ahead to a real race: the contest for the Democratic nomination in 2000. Vice President Al Gore is one obvious choice, but some people wonder about retiring New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley. "This might not be my last convention, who knows?" Bradley says. Some New Jersey delegates say good riddance, though. "The way he went out criticizing both parties, it's tough to see how he creates a political future for himself," state Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex) told The Associated Press.
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Perot's Veep
AUGUSTA, Me. (AllPolitics, Aug. 26) -- The Reform Party's Ross Perot hasn't made an official vice presidential choice yet. But as Perot did in an earlier Federal Election Commission filing, he has named James Campbell of California his running mate for the Maine state ballot. Campbell, Perot's former boss at IBM, has said he's just a temporary stand-in until Perot makes his selection. But Maine officials said the filing is official and Campell's name will go on the ballot unless Perot makes a decision and notifies them soon.
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Tobacco War
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Aug. 26) -- Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) says President Bill Clinton's move against teenage smoking amounts to a war on the tobacco industry and political grandstanding to boot. "We don't need a president who is all mixed up about drugs in America...to tell the states what to do," Helms told The Associated Press. "He's done nothing about the big drugs, and he's trying to grandstand it on tobacco. And he's not going to get away with it." Helms' challenger this fall is Democrat Harvey Gantt.
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