Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, of the Claremont graduate school, speculates that his real reason for running was to put down a marker for 2001, when term-limits make him leave the state's Senate and Mr Riordan will no longer be eligible for the mayor's job.

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That's the reason I'm running for president of the United States of America.

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The home supporters had further reason to cheer with the inclusion of Ledley King for the second game running and the Spurs captain finally appears to have put his injury troubles behind him.

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Other experts, though, say Weiner is running for the same reason candidates generally do: to win.

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The reason for the changes is simply that the country is gradually running out of numbers.

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And also, to cut down on the amount of idling, and wherever possible not to have big block engines just running during the day for no other reason than somebody sitting waiting to pick somebody up or drop somebody off.

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But with money creation running ahead of the fundamentals, there is reason for skepticism.

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"It's my view that he is running for the reform party nomination for one reason and one reason alone: money -- a great deal of federal matching money which he would get, " Rudman said.

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His prospective presence in the White House is often cited as a reason for Barack Obama not to pick Senator Clinton as a running mate.

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The reason for this is simple: For years now we, as a population, have elected governments who had policies of running down public transport.

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