Election 2000: RICHARD GEPHARDT, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: Risking a Lot, Winning a Little

RICHARD GEPHARDT, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER

Richard Gephardt used to hate the House of Representatives. It was disorganized, ineffective, boring. Even if you spent weeks whipping members into voting your way, the President could flush your work with a simple veto. And anyway, Gephardt wanted to be President. His mom Loreen has always said the Lord could open doors for him, maybe even the one to the Oval Office. But if God has a bigger plan for Dick Gephardt, he might want to unveil it now, before the minority leader returns to what could be the least effective, most disorganized chamber ever.

Gephardt had hoped to return...

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