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'''Gary Hart''' (b. 1936) (born Gary Warren Hartpence) was the front-runner for the [[Democratic]] presidential nomination in 1984, when [[Walter Mondale]] beat him by gaining endorsements from the key labor unions, and again in 1988, when [[liberals]] in the media forced him out of the race by exposing his alleged [[adultery]].  Previously he served as a [[Democratic]] [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Colorado]] (1975–1987).

'''Gary Hart''' (b. 1936) (born Gary Warren Hartpence) was the front-runner for the [[Democratic]] presidential nomination in 1984, when [[Walter Mondale]] beat him by gaining endorsements from the key labor unions, and again in 1988 when he self-destructed.  Previously he served as a [[Democratic]] [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Colorado]] (1975–1987).

Gary Hart became a casualty of scandal-mongering by the [[liberal]] [[media]].  In 1987, when Coloradan Gary Hart was the presumptive front-runner for the upcoming [[Democratic]] presidential nomination who was disfavored by East Coast [[liberals]], a reporter at the [[Washington Post]] confronted Hart at a press conference about his alleged [[adultery]].<ref>Paul Taylor of the Washington Post stood up at a press conference and asked Gary Hart, "Have you ever committed adultery?" [http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=1345]</ref>  Another newspaper, the ''Miami Herald'', staked out his townhouse and reported that it witnessed an attractive women enter his townhouse one evening without leaving.  This caused as much criticism of the ''Miami Herald'' as of Gary Hart, but subsequently a picture of Hart with another woman on a yacht was published by the ''National Enquirer''.  Ultimately the ''[[Washington Post]]'' took credit for forcing Gary Hart out of the race:<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDC1F39F93BA35756C0A961948260</ref>

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:The [[Washington Post]] reported today that Gary Hart decided to withdraw from the Presidential campaign hours after the newspaper presented a top campaign official with "documented evidence of a recent liaison between Hart and a Washington woman."

Gary Hart became a casualty of his own misbehavior in 1987, when he was the presumptive front-runner for the upcoming [[Democratic]] presidential nomination. Rumoprs abounded, although Hart had sworn to his staff that he had given up womanizing.  The ''Miami Herald'', staked out his townhouse and reported that it witnessed an attractive women enter his townhouse one evening without leaving.  This caused as much criticism of the ''Miami Herald'' as of Gary Hart. His career collapsed when photos of Hart with Donna Rice on a yacht was published by the ''National Enquirer''.  Even Hart's wife refused to support him.

Public opinion polls still showed strong support for Gary Hart even after he pulled out.  Another candidate who enjoyed greater support by the [[liberal]] [[media]], [[Michael Dukakis]], eventually won the nomination but lost in the general election.

[[Michael Dukakis]], eventually won the nomination but lost in the general election to George H.W. Bush.

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