Reply #107: Do you collect old issues of USA Today? In this context

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"hybrid candidate" makes sense, especially since Clark was a Republican before he was a Democrat.
I am in awe of your finding this 4 year-old article, when I googled "hybrid candidate" I got this:

Lobbyists Produce Hybrid Candidate

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by Kierkegaard ([email protected]) Saturday, 01-Apr-00 08:34:31 EST:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With Toyota's recent automobile innovation in mind, lobbyists announced yesterday the introduction of the new Hybrid American Presidential Candidate.

The hybrid candidate will run on a combination of campaign contributions and hot air, lobbyists said.

Like electricity in the Toyota hybrid car, the candidate will never require recharging and will never run out of hot air. The candidate will also feature a brain that smarts enough to determine when money should be used to woo voters and when hot air is sufficient.

Creators of the Hybrid Candidate are reportedly the same people who did Max Headroom in the 1980s. Also working on the project were designers from the movie "Bicentennial Man."