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Ben
Affleck: The movie star is a familiar presence
at Democratic Party events.
George W. Bush: The former governor of
Texas wants to be the first two-term Republican president
since Ronald Reagan.
Dick Cheney: The Republican vice president
began his political career in 1969 in the Nixon administration.
Hillary Rodham Clinton: The former first
lady is now a Democratic senator from New York.
John Edwards: The North Carolina senator
with presidential aspirations joined John Kerry’s
ticket as the vice presidential nominee.
Bill Frist: A Tennessee heart surgeon
and Republican, Frist is the U.S. Senate majority leader.
Rudolph Giuliani: The Republican former
mayor of New York City took the national stage after the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Al Gore: After serving as vice president
for eight years, he lost the race for president in 2000.
Jennifer Granholm: The smart, attractive
Michigan governor won praise for capturing the Statehouse
for Democrats after a long GOP reign.
Chris Heinz: Teresa Heinz Kerry’s
son has won attention and praise for his work on Democratic
presidential nominee John Kerry’s campaign.
Mike Huckabee: The Republican Arkansas
governor has won a lot of attention recently by losing
more than 100 pounds.
Toby Keith: A self-described “conservative
Democrat,” the country music star is known for such
hits as "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The
Angry American)”.
John Kerry: The Vietnam veteran and Massachusetts
senator wants to become the leader of the free world.
Joseph Lieberman: The Connecticut senator
made unsuccessful runs for vice president in 2000 and
for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.
John McCain: The Arizona senator, known
for his fierce independence and willingness to tell it
like it is, lost the GOP nomination for president to George
W. Bush in 2000.
Gavin Newsom: The young, up-and-coming
Democratic mayor of San Francisco has led the fight to
legalize gay marriage.
Barack Obama: The Senate candidate from
Illinois was chosen to give the keynote address at the
Democratic convention — and he hasn’t even
been elected.
Bill Owens: The Fort Worth native and
Colorado governor is seen as an articulate, younger conservative.
Colin Powell: The retired four-star general
and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is President
Bush’s secretary of state and consistently rated
one of the most admired people in America.
Bill Richardson: The former energy secretary
and congressman is New Mexico’s Democratic governor
and a go-to voice on issues important to Hispanics.
Tom Ridge: President Bush named the former
Pennsylvania governor to head the Department of Homeland
Security.
Mitt Romney: He was president and CEO
of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games before becoming Massachusetts’ Republican
governor in 2003.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: The action star
and Republican won California’s governorship with
in a stunning 2003 recall election.
J.C. Watts: The former Baptist minister
and Oklahoma congressman is still quite popular among
conservatives.
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