[lbo-talk] Re: Preordained front-runners

Tim Francis-Wright twright at ziplink.net
Thu Nov 4 21:59:48 PST 2004


Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Has anyone ordained as the front-runner years in advance ever

> won a nomination?
>
George Bush the younger did so in 2000, after getting preordained as the front runner in 1998 or so.

See http://www.cookpolitical.com/column/1998/070498.php and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/09/98/us_midterms/203007.stm for example...

--tim francis-wright



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