its races where an incumbent president wasn t running. some were more chaotic but every one of those race featured multiple candidates with one exception. with the full weight of bill clinton s white house behind him vice president al gore scared off one of his would be opponents. dip gephardt, john kerry, bill kerry, jesse jackson made noise about running and backed out in face of gore s advantages. bill bradley of new jersey stepped up to run. gore/bradley contest did make history. it was the first and still only race for an open nom makination only one category where one candidate won. hilary enjoys a number of advantages that al gore didn t. if he could intimidate all but one challenger out of the race well then she prospect of a