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SpeakOut.com & Roll Call Keep Americans Guessing in National Veepstakes

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- May 25, 2000 -- SpeakOut.com and Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill, announced a partnership to make every American a pundit in the first ever, online Veepstakes sweepstakes. SpeakOut and Roll Call will share print and online advertising space as well as air joint talk radio ads on such programs as "Imus in the Morning" and "The Tony Kornheiser Show."

The Veepstakes contest is a nationwide political guessing game that allows armchair pundits to participate in the biggest election story leading up to national conventions in August. Those entrants who correctly predict the running mates for George W. Bush, Al Gore and the Reform presidential nominee will be placed in a random drawing for three grand prizes of $5,000.

In the latest SpeakOut.com/Roll Call Veepstakes standings, Americans participating in Veepstakes predicted Elizabeth Dole, Bill Bradley and Pat Choate to be the most likely vice presidential picks for the 2000 elections. Following are the current leading candidates for each political party according to SpeakOut users:

Republican:

• Elizabeth Dole – Former President American Red Cross – 31%
• Governor Tom Ridge – (R-PA) – 25%
• Senator John McCain – (R-AZ) – 24%
• Rep. John Kasich – (R-OH) – 15%
• Governor George Pataki – (R-NY) – 6%

Democrat:

• Senator Bill Bradley – (D-NJ) – 29%
• Senator Dianne Feinstein – (D-CA) – 25%
• Senator Evan Bayh – (D-IN) – 22%
• Rep. Richard Gephardt – (D-MO) – 12%
• Senator Bob Graham – (D-FL) – 12%

Reform:

• Pat Choate – Reform Party Chairman – 32%
• Alan Keyes – Former Asst. Secretary of State – 27%
• Governor Jesse Ventura – (R-MN) – 23%
• Senator John McCain – (R-AZ) – 18%
• Senator Bill Bradley – (D-NJ) – 11%

Contest participants who want to predict the national tickets can log on to www.veepstakes.com or www.speakout.com/veepstakes any time between now and July 4, 2000 (or when a nominee is named) to cast votes for prospective vice presidential nominees for the fall elections.

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