Former Sen. Bill Bradley campaigned for her. California Gov. Gray Davis held a fund-raiser for her. He doesn't have a situation like a Mondale where he got trounced. The fact is that by everybody's standards, he won the damn thing. If you're the incumbent and the country goes well on your watch and you don't take advantage of it, you fritter away your biggest advantage,' says Al From of the Democratic Leadership Council .
Some names are more speculative than others.
Missourian Gephardt, who tried for the nomination in 1988, is 'extremely popular' in Iowa, Tully says. Daschle of South Dakota is a legislative strategist with no national following, but he could become more prominent now that the Senate is divided 50-50 between the parties. Some analysts look for Clinton-like giants to arise from state houses. The White House press griping about being left behind has spilled out in the open. At least twice this month, Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton rode off in their official motorcade to go house hunting not telling reporters or giving advance notice to the press aides responsible for organizing the official White House travel pool, according to officials familiar with the trips.