The 1996 election picture continues to present a multitude of questions but few answers. President Clinton's renomination is a near-certainty and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole's lead in the race for the GOP is widening, though it is hardly a done deal. But do we have a two-way race on our hands, or will another candidate be added to the mix? And if so, who? Between the two frontrunners for the major-party nominations and Jesse Jackson, Patrick Buchanan, Ross Perot, Colin Powell and Lowell Weicker, the possibility exists for a four- or even five-way contest. Adding any two or three names to the Clinton-Dole mix results in yet a different permutation.

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