Don't Call It A Comeback

By Peter Bailey

With George W. Bush in the White House for the next four years and the G.O.P. in full command of Congress, K Street is suddenly no place for a battered and bruised donkey. Thousands of Washington Democrats have to find a Plan B, as unlike John Kerry, not all of them have a safe job in the U.S. Senate to go back to. A look at the reincarnations of men who once aspired to be President. By Peter Bailey

BOB GRAHAM

A former cattleman, real estate developer and Senator, Graham knows about starting over. He will teach government at Harvard and, drawing on 10 years' experience on the Intelligence Committee, start up spy-training centers in Florida

AL SHARPTON

The reverend is offering career advice to men on Spike TV's I Hate My Job who are hoping to land a dream job. People seeking his help on the reality show have included a Harvard lawyer with comic ambitions and a manure shoveler who wants to be a supermodel

DICK GEPHARDT

Always Mr. Responsible, Gephardt plans to create the Richard A. Gephardt Institute of Public Service at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. The institute will offer lectures and political internships

HOWARD DEAN

The man behind the legendary howl in Iowa parodies himself in a new radio ad promoting Yahoo. "Next week I'm doing a book signing in OHIO!" he shrieks and then goes on to yell the names of other states. Can this man run the Democratic Party?