Polls predict Bush, Gore face-off Other candidates unlikely to win party support in 2000 primaries
By Amy Shapiro | November 2, 1999With the presidential primaries and the next century less than three months away, voters are already beginning to consider the question of who will navigate the country through the next millennium. Although it is still early on in the campaign process, eight presidential hopefuls - including a son of a former president, an ex-pro basketball player and a former prisoner of war - have begun stumping, debating and defining their missions. Despite the array of candidates, some analysts say thisso far could be an election devoid of defining issues. Because there are no hot issues at the moment, it remains to be seen what issues will come to the forefront in the general elections, said Scott Keeter, chairman of the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. "We are in very good economic times now and the frontrunners are very similar," Keeter said.
