Wikipedia claims that he cofounded a company that is now America's largest provider of worksite day care. He has been a U.S. Senator and also Secretary of Education.
Posted by Matt Bruce at January 9, 2006 01:08 PMI'm shooting in the dark here but your use of tense suggests someone still around... I'm guessing Lamar Alexander.
Posted by: Richard Mason at January 9, 2006 03:08 PMAnother one nailed on the first clue. For anyone following this to learn something, Alexander was (and is, after a several-year hiatus) a Republican senator from Tennessee.
He's best known for attempting to cultivate a populist image in the 1996 campaign by wearing flannel. Also, campaign signs referred to him as "Lamar!" (exclamation point in original).
He ran as a moderate (and as far as I can tell, genuinely is) with a focus on education and similar domestic issues. He was in the pappa Bush cabinet. Someone with his same political views and any personality whatsoever would make a fine president, but Lamar! was just too boring to gain traction.
Going back to #2: Bill Bradley is best known for his basketball career (Princeton; New York Knicks). He was the outsiders' best alternative for those who wanted anyone but Gore to get the 2000 Democratic nomination.
Posted by: me at January 9, 2006 03:16 PMBradley was the only real alternative in 2000 (minus LaRouche and locals). I still wish he'd waited four more years to run.
Posted by: Mark at January 9, 2006 06:57 PM