From: "Geo." 

"Mark"  wrote in message
news:40eb5136$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> I could be misremembering it, but I think he had a real good shot at
> winning, then, again as I recall, he dropped out and reentered shortly
> thereafter. My thoughts at the time were that he blew it with that action
> and that perhaps he was afraid he'd actually win, so sabotaged it himself.

that's pretty close, he dropped out due to threats on his family but he
never really wanted the job anyway.

Geo.

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