Posted on 01/20/2004 10:11:59 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:12:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, the former House Democratic leader and a 14-term congressman, said yesterday that he was abandoning his second bid for the presidency after a fourth-place showing in the Iowa caucuses.
"I gave this campaign everything I had in me," Mr. Gephardt said at a news conference, his voice breaking at times. "Today, my pursuit of the presidency has reached its end. I'm withdrawing as a candidate and returning to private life after a long time in the warm light of public service."
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Yee Haw, Gephardt's dead!
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