State Senator GEORGE RUNNER (Republican, California): And I'm Senator George Runner, from the 17th District.

NPR: Political Families Circumvent California Term Limits

But, says George Runner, before term limits, it used to happen as the result of an untimely tragedy.

NPR: Political Families Circumvent California Term Limits

The newspaper described Republican front-runner George W. Bush as an "empty suit" when it endorsed Forbes in December.

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Polls in bigger states, including New York and Massachusetts, have shown him better placed to beat the Republican front-runner, George W. Bush, than Mr Gore.

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But compared with the Republicans, where the debate has been less bilious and the front-runner, George W. Bush, should have no trouble uniting everyone should he be nominated, the Democrats are in danger of dividing again: not over ideology, this time, but tactics.

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By 1999, a cover story in National Journal asked whether there was truly any difference between Al Gore, the Democratic front-runner, and George W. Bush, his Republican equivalent.

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Bill Bradley, Mr Gore's Democratic rival, and George W. Bush, the Republican front-runner, are free-traders.

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On the home turf of Governor George W. Bush, the Republican front-runner, Mr Buchanan's message drew rousing applause.

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When George was about to be forced out of the state assembly by term limits in 2002, Sharon Runner ran for and won his seat.

NPR: Political Families Circumvent California Term Limits