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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cisco who wrote (153)	10/28/2000 10:47:48 PM
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The Gore campaign has told President Clinton to steer clear of battleground states like Michigan and Pennsylvania in the closing days of the presidential race to avoid alienating the swing voters who will play a crucial role in choosing his successor, Democratic officials say. . . In addition to traveling to New York, Mr. Clinton will go next week to Kentucky, where the Gore campaign has approved a visit to help a Democratic candidate for the House, and to California, for two public rallies and fund-raisers for three House candidates. (California has apparently become not so safely in Mr. Gore's column as was previously thought, but Mr. Clinton is very popular there, and his visit was arranged by the state's Democratic governor, Gray Davis.) Other presidential stops under consideration in the closing days of the race include Arkansas and Louisiana, places where the Gore campaign feels fairly confident. But numerous other states are now off limits, say Democratic officials, all speaking on the promise of anonymity. . . To be sure, Mr. Clinton will be playing some role in battleground states. In a get-out-the-vote effort, the president has recorded messages that will be sent by computer to the telephones of Democratic loyalists. "Hello, this is President Clinton," one says. "I am calling today to talk with you about my friend Al Gore. Michigan is critical in deciding who will lead our country in the new century, so every vote is important." Besides those telephone messages, recorded for use in other states, too, Mr. Clinton has begun gathering prominent blacks at the White House and urging them to turn out the vote. Today, at the first such session, 150 African-Americans from civic, civil- rights and labor organizations gathered in the East Room for a political rally that was officially billed as a budget briefing. Behind the scenes, Mr. Clinton is engaged in similar efforts. On Saturday, he will continue with his private telephone conference calls with hundreds of black ministers across the country. The calls are aimed at inspiring the clergy to mention the presidential race in their sermons. Mr. Clinton himself will participate in two services at black churches this Sunday morning. At the urging of Senator Charles S. Robb, who is in a tight race for re- election against former Gov. George Allen, he will speak at the 11:45 service at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. Earlier that morning, he will speak at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington. nytimes.com