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To: Frank Griffin who wrote (53757)	10/28/2000 1:54:35 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

You don't have to worry, because he ain't getting in. Turnout will be heavy and this favors the democrats. Plus, Clinton will surely attract voters on the fence to Gore...............Clinton starts wooing black voters for Gore October 27, 2000 Web posted at: 5:20 PM EDT (2120 GMT) By Sonya Ross/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton began on Friday the only political job his vice president's campaign has asked him to do: Energize black voters to go to the polls and make the difference for Al Gore. The president was meeting in the East Room with about 150 black community leaders, officially to discuss the federal budget but unofficially to try to ignite more enthusiasm for Gore among blacks, a key Democratic constituency. Earlier, Clinton told reporters that he never disagreed with the Democratic strategy that shoved him to the sidelines for most of this campaign. But he also made clear he is perfectly willing to return to the shadows if his efforts to help are not welcomed. "When you get down to the last week or so, I think the American people expect everybody to get out and kind of mix it up. They want us all to be out there," Clinton said. "I just want to get out there and make sure everybody understands what a unique moment it is. But if I have to do it from here, ... I'll stay here until Election Day if I have to." Before the East Room session, the black leaders attended budget briefings by the president's chief of staff, the secretaries of commerce, labor and education and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. They were told about efforts by Clinton and Gore to address employment discrimination, business opportunities for blacks and women, child care, education and training, health care and economic and community development programs. The leaders were from organizations such as the NAACP, the National Council of Negro Women, the National Urban League, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and the 100 Black Men of America. Friday's event kicked off a week of activity by Clinton aimed at mobilizing Democratic voters in general and blacks in particular, in part to address a concern that black turnout may be lower than anticipated -- a situation that would hurt the Democratic ticket. The president made plans to attend two churches with black congregations on Sunday. On Monday, he was to meet with black ministers at the White House, and on Tuesday he was headed to Kentucky and New York. He was to travel to Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., later next week for get-out-the-vote rallies. In addition, Clinton was making telephone calls and doing interviews with black and Latino media, stressing what his administration has done in their communities. It is a plan similar to one Clinton employed during the 1998 midterm elections, and one he used last year in Philadelphia's mayoral election, which Democrat John Street won after a close race against Republican Sam Katz. In 1998, Clinton taped telephone messages that went out to eligible black voters in 13 states where black turnout had been low four years earlier -- a personal touch that made a difference in some states.

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (53757)	10/28/2000 4:18:01 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "Bush has his eyes on Colon Powell, Condoleeza Rice, John McCain, Elizabeth Dole, General Schwartzkopf, John Kasich, and people like that. I don't think there will be a Texas mafia." Frank: There likely will be a top job for Powell if Bush gets elected. Rice may just stay on as an adviser. She has some baggage from her Stanford days. McCain and Bush don't like each other. Nix that one. But puleeeeeeeeeeeeese. No more big jobs for Betty Dole. I can't take her Miss Sunshine act anymore.