Rod Grams's Downhill Campaign From: The Washington Post | Date: November 3, 2000| Author: | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Sen. Rod Grams is due to march in the University of Minnesota homecoming parade at 10 a.m. But at 9:15, his press secretary, Kurt Zellers, calls a reporter en route to the parade. "It started without us," he warns. Half an hour later, Zellers calls again to confirm the worst: "The parade is over."

Talk about ready-made metaphors.

If you were constructing a nightmare scenario for an incumbent senator seeking reelection, it would go something like this: First, reports would surface that the candidate, divorced during his term in office, has been having a longtime romantic relationship with an ...

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