The Presidency: For Real Fun, Watch the G.O.P.

For Real Fun, Watch the G.O.P.

Time for a hunch. Barring man-made calamities, natural disasters or World War III, George Bush is apt to become the next President of the U.S.

We have reached that point in the presidential cycle when old political war- horses come in from the summer's foraging among the grass roots and bet their pocket change on a candidate. A year ahead is a little crazy, sure -- but take heed. Back in 1959 a tousle-haired young reporter for the Boston Globe came home after some lonely wanderings with a young Senator and mused on paper that the Kennedys were coming. Bob Healy's...

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