When I saw the head line, I thought they'd found a way to pull a Torch. The question in my mind was which one? EFL
JOHN Kerry has accepted the help of seriously ill former US president Bill Clinton to put his campaign for the White House back on track, after disastrous polling results showing George W.Bush has established a double-figure lead over his opponent. Mr Clinton, who went under the surgeon's knife last night Australian time, for a quadruple heart bypass, told Senator Kerry on Saturday night to forget about his Vietnam War record and focus on domestic issues. According to The New York Times, the pair had a 90-minute telephone conversation that for Senator Kerry involved "more listening than talking". The Boston challenger has also taken on several key Clinton advisers to help direct the remainder of his campaign. Among the most recent arrivals are 1992 Clinton campaign pollster Stanley Greenberg and a former chief of staff to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Howard Wolfson. | Heh, heh, heh, guess she doesn't trust Kerry to destroy himself. |
The focus between now and November 2 would be "very simple", senior Clinton White House aide Joel Johnson said. "It's 'Bush has taken us in the wrong direction. If you want more of the same for the next four years, vote for President Bush. If you want a new direction, John Kerry and John Edwards'. It's not complicated. Failed policies, jobs and the economy, healthcare." The 90-minute conversation came after Senator Kerry called Mr Clinton in hospital on Friday to wish him well, when the former president was admitted to hospital suffering chest pains. Mr Clinton reportedly expressed his concern at the way the Kerry campaign was heading, and suggested a Saturday night conference call. Senator Kerry is understood to have been receptive to the advice offered by Mr Clinton, 58, who before his sudden illness had expected to be playing an active campaigning role for the Democrats. | Gives Bill a easy out, doesn't it. |
However, Democrat and Republican strategists, in apparent agreement for once, argued yesterday that the race would return to the deadlock that had characterised it all year after Mr Bush's "bounce" from last week's Republican convention wore off. "The thing about a bounce is it goes up, then it comes down," Ms Cahill said. |