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Dole is once again a vice presidential contender, and Bauer is the candidate-designate of the Christian right.
Their campaign has two main purposes, it said: first, to find a pretext for the West to distance itself from Boris Yeltsin, whom it no longer needs as a bulwark against communism; and second, to dump Gore as a contender for the presidency.
Paul Wellstone, a possible contender for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination.
The "TRB" column suggests that William Weld could revive the Republican Party and position himself as a 2000 presidential contender by fighting Jesse Helms over Weld's nomination as ambassador to Mexico.
McCain asserted that he'd become a contender.