Comment by twoodfin

My god, I think that’s right, & he at least considered it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart

Yup.

It was a strange time in Democratic politics: The assumption after 9/11 and the success of the GOP in the 2002 midterms was that GWB was going to be reelected in a walk. So not a lot of big names crowding the field.