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Originally Posted by AGDee
I do think that there was "spin" that he was more moderate than he is during the 2000 election, by Bush's people, to keep him from being elected by the conservative right wing. The Republican party didn't want him to be the candidate in 2000 and that seemed clear at the time.
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That's a good point - I also think he embraced it, to a certain extent, to differentiate himself from Bush. Essentially, I think the whole "maverick" thing really came down to his ideas on campaign financing.