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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (29777)	10/8/2003 12:15:37 PM
From: Chas.	Respond to of 89467

things are looking up......... Rice is now in charge of New Iraq... Arnold is now in charge of Kalifornia... Bush is headed for Economic summit.... looking good....

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (29777)	10/8/2003 7:37:32 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

SMALL LOSS _________________________________ by Franklin Foer The New Republic 10.08.03 When your campaign manager bails on you, there's no good way to spin it. The Washington media will read it as an omen of doom. But Donnie Fowler's decision to quit the Clark campaign might not be the disaster that newspapers have portrayed. For starters, there's Fowler himself. From what I understand, he was always a stopgap boss--an experienced campaign technocrat, but not an electoral genius. And he's hardly run a perfect ship. He didn't get Clark's party registration papers down to the country registrar. His press operation has been anarchic. According to reports from Little Rock, he was an excessively bossy character, especially with regards to his elders. Fowler, alas, hasn't quit quietly. He has turned his departure into a commentary on the Clark campaign. Apparently, he regards the operation as too Washington-centric and unwilling to tap the Draft Clark grassroots movement. This argument is ridiculous. Clark has only a few months to whip out a winning campaign. He can't afford to run his operation as an exercise in radical decentralization and deliberative democracy. Nor he can he afford to fumble by handing important tasks to inexperienced underlings. One last point. Yes, there are lots of Gore people around Clark. But why is that such a bad thing? They haven't been trying to force the template of the Gore campaign on the man. And they haven't sent their candidate to dwell on K Street begging for donations. In fact, I think they've done a pretty good job, as magazine covers, endorsements, and $3.5 million in donations show. posted 11:44 a.m. tnr.com