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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (52701)	10/26/2000 2:36:57 PM
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Clinton Hitting Road for Gore By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON--President Clinton, after weeks of low-key campaigning, has invited community and religious leaders to the White House for political pitches before setting out on a four- or five-day trip to boost Al Gore's chances in critical states. The president's journey next week probably will begin Thursday and keep him out until Election Day, officials said. He also may make a day trip or two before that. The president will make a two-day trip to California late next week to campaign for Gore and Democratic congressional candidates. Other stops under consideration include Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Kentucky. He probably will wind up in New York for Election Day to be with his wife, Hillary, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat. Clinton has invited several hundred community leaders to the White House on Friday and several hundred ministers on Monday in what officials say will be election-related events. He also will make appearances Sunday at two or three churches in the Washington area. The president is popular with groups such as blacks and organized labor members and could be useful in mobilizing voters to get to the polls on Nov. 7. At Gore's insistence, Clinton has kept a low profile on the campaign trail. The vice president's managers don't want the president to overshadow Gore, and say that Gore has to run his own race and make his own case to the voters. Many Democrats, nervous about the seesawing polls that show Gore in danger, are urging that the president to jump in anyway. White House officials said the president believes there is no problem making a campaign burst right before the election. The decision to have Clinton visit California on Nov. 2 -3 came after pleas from Democrats who are growing anxious amid signs the presidential race is tightening in the nation's most populous state. Democratic Gov. Gray Davis was among those who called Clinton, days after a Davis aide sharply criticized Gore's strategy in California. Those remarks have opened a rift between the Gore and Davis camps. "He's immensely popular here," Davis said of Clinton at a news conference. "He's one of the most compelling speakers in American politics, and there's no one I can think of, absent the candidate himself, who could rally Democrats and independents and motivate them to turn out, than President Clinton." Davis also said he appealed to Gore campaign chairman William Daley for a visit from Gore or running mate Joseph Lieberman, but received no commitments.