i partially see what jerzeykydd is saying if an article is published saying that it is believed so and so will not run in then we should not be able to use that article as one of the three sources necessary to support so and so as a potential candidate the article must say that so and so at least might run or ought to run however as long as there are three articles within the last six months that do advocate the possibility or desirability of so and so's running for president in we ought to keep so and so listed on the page even if common sense dictates that they will not run dick cheney mark sanford et al simply for consistency's sake