Unreal (GREG PIERCE / INSIDE POLITICS / WASHINGTON TIMES) Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of former presidential candidate Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri Democrat, has won a slot on a new pay-TV political reality series, "The American Candidate." Showtime's "American Candidate" will attempt to identify, through a series of competitions, one individual from a select few who has the qualifications and qualities, to be the candidate for U.S. president. ...

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