Hobart's political views were similar to those of McKinley, who was the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.

Eliot Spitzer, the presumptive Democratic candidate for governor, knows this.

On the campaign trail, the two presumptive presidential candidates have differing views of the "humanitarian intervention" policy.

Several presumptive Republican Presidential candidates made statements in support of the proposal.

The measure has bipartisan support, including the blessings of both presumptive Presidential candidates .

Senator John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, has dropped most of the attacks against companies that send jobs overseas.

She said that the Mayor had also withheld his opinions of other declared or presumptive candidates.

This is to be done before the presumptive candidate is elected.

Senator Bob Dole, the presumptive Republican candidate for President, was cautious in his response to the verdict.

Defendants involved in such so-called obstruction-of-justice killings, some lawyers say, are now viewed in Washington as presumptive candidates for execution.