 What makes Buchanan different from the other candidates?
The first of these is political experience, of which Bush has little and Forbes has almost none. Since sports analogies tend to cut off the top tier at three rather than four (e.g., "bronze medal," "win, place, and show"), Bauer changed metaphors, telling reporters that he had reached "the first rung of candidates" and that lower finishers might soon perish. His scant margin over Pat Buchanan--8.9 percent to 7.3 percent--became a huge factor in the post-poll analysis.
 He had different politics than the others
 He had less financial backing than most of them (he had almost no financial backing at all)  He had different politics than the others  He was more moderate than the others  He cared about meeting with Americans in person during his campaigning more than the rest of them did