 for President's own fellow Democrats to be saying he needs to withdraw from a race that is less than four months away. It was Peter Welch, the first senator to do so. He's the Democrat in his first term from Vermont. The House members are coming now. Pat Ryan of New York, retiring Earl Blumenauer of Oregon. And the question that faces the President today, before and after this 6.30 p.m. news conference is, will there be more defections