UPDATE 3-Gore cuts list to 'six, with one wild card'
Updated 6:24 PM ET August 3, 2000
By Thomas Ferraro
CHICAGO (Reuters) - White House hopeful Al Gore said Thursday he
has cut his list of potential vice presidential running mate to
"six, with one wild card."
Democratic sources identified six under consideration as four
U.S. senators, House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt and New
Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, who promptly said she was not
interested.
Gore's "wild card," believed to be a seventh contender, was a
mystery, one who aides were unable to immediately provide a clue
on. "I just don't know," one senior adviser said.
Democratic sources identified the four senators as on the Gore
list as John Kerry, 56, of Massachusetts; John Edwards, 47, of
North Carolina; Evan Bayh, 44, of Indiana, and Joseph Lieberman,
58 of Connecticut.
Gore has arranged to announce his choice in Nashville, Tennessee,
next Tuesday -- six days before the Democratic convention begins
in Los Angeles, where he and his running mate will be formally
anointed as the party's standard bearers.
The vice president trails his Republican opponent, Texas Gov.
George W. Bush, in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 7 election.
Gore was asked by reporters about his list of possible running
mates as he wrapped up a vacation on North Carolina's Figure
Eight Island.
"It is down to six, with one wild card that I haven't completely
eliminated yet," said the vice president, who returns to the
campaign Friday with a visit to Chicago.
A source familiar with the Gore's selection process said Kerry,
Lieberman and Edwards were seen as the top three contenders,
while another source said one of others on the list could still
pull it out.
SHAHEEN SAYS NO THANKS
In Concord, New Hampshire, Shaheen's press secretary, Judy
Reardon, said on Thursday: "The governor doesn't expect Vice
President Gore to ask her but if he did she would wish him good
luck and respectively decline the invitation.
Word of Gore's shortened list of possible running mates leaked
out as the Republicans were wrapping up their national convention
in Philadelphia, where Bush will accept the presidential
nomination Thursday night.
Gephardt has said publicly he would rather not be considered for
the party's vice presidential nomination, and instead remain on
Capitol Hill where he could help Democrats try to regain control
of the House of Representatives from Republicans in theautumn
election.
Yet Gephardt has declined to say he would refuse to accept the
No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket if Gore asked.
Gephardt could help Gore shore up support among organized labor,
a traditional ally of Democrats. A number of unions are upset
with Gore for favoring expanded U.S. trade with China that they
fear could result in the loss of U.S. jobs.
Lieberman is viewed as a favorite of the Democratic Leadership
Council, a centrist group which Gore helped found in 1985 and
which Lieberman has chaired the past five years, said another
source familiar with the selection process.
The source said Bayh is seen as the favorite of Democratic
National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew, who formerly served as
Indiana Democratic chairman while Bayh was governor.
Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, hosted Gore at a fund-raiser
at his home last month and seemed to be auditioning for the role
of running mate. He joked about his interest in the job and
ripped into the Bush-Cheney ticket.
Of the four senators known to be on Gore's list, only Lieberman
is up for re-election this year. An aide quoted the Connecticut
attorney general saying one could simultaneously run for the
Senate and the vice presidency. Lieberman has not said what he
would do.
Edwards, a first term senator and a former trial lawyer, is
viewed as a rising star on Capitol Hill, where he has impressed
colleagues with his speaking style and mastery of the issues.
On a visit to North Carolina earlier this year Gore said of
Edwards, "His future is so bright that you have to look at him
with sunglasses."
Just last week, Gore's campaign said the vice president had pared
his list of possible running mates to less than 10.
Among those who had earlier been considered were Sens. Tom Harkin
of Iowa, Bob Graham of Florida, Dick Durbin of Illinois and North
Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt.
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