March 2, 1999

Buchanan for president 2000 button.

Pat Buchanan, a conservative commentator, makes his third bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

He challenged President George Bush for renomination in 1992. And he won the New Hampshire primary in 1996. But this time his efforts won't bring much attention. And he will have a disappointing showing in the Iowa straw poll that summer. In October, he will leave the GOP to plot out a White House bid as a candidate of the Reform Party.

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