ABC News Clark campaign report
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Deborah Apton noted a sartorial shift — among others — for General Clark:
MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 4-Out with Clark's navy suits, red ties, and loafers; in with his v-neck grey sweaters, mock turtlenecks, and duck boots.
Out with the old stump speech focusing solely on American patriotism and the hugging of the American flag; in with the new stump speech-with extended themes of family values, faith, patriotism and inclusiveness-and the tearful ending that causes The General to get choked up almost every time he tells the story of the Haitian man he met years ago who had the dream of coming to America.
… In with the out-of-state staffers-Welcome to Eli Segal, Chris Lehane, and the fourteen additional advance staffers who will make up three advance groups scrambling around New Hampshire to draw in voters, hold Clark04 signs, and pass microphones around "Conversations with Clark" town halls.
… In with the visits from out-of-state politicians like Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton who attended Clark's campaign stops Sunday.
… And back to the certain Four Points hotel … . The hotel staff is already scrambling to get the General a VCR for his hotel room. The motorcade now consists of four to five cars to get staff, press, and The General and Mrs. Clark around the Granite State.
It's New Hampshire around the clock for Clark as he'll spend nineteen of the next twenty-three days campaigning around the state before the primary. Clark's wife, Gert, thinks he may be getting sick, and regardless of the bags under his eyes, he often delays sleep, opting to stay up late playing checkers with staff and continuing to talk about a ski stop he wants added to his schedule.
The crowds are getting bigger in New Hampshire for Clark who himself seems confident enough to say it's now "a two person race"--although Clark hesitates, refusing to name these people, leaving reporters to guess he is referring to himself and Dean. |
