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...that it's clear that this year's presidential race has come down to two well-feted political aristocrats, the battle has switched from who can seem the most authentic to who will be the most effective. George W. Bush and Al Gore are wrangling for the centrist vote by trying to show that they can continue the nation's unprecedented economic growth while initiating a leave-nobody-behind era of federal spending. Bush made another appeal to the swing soccer-mom constituency Tuesday by unveiling one of the most ambitious Republican proposals ever for increasing the availibility of health...
...claiming that Bush's "risky tax scheme" would reduce the federal budget to the point that any combination of his proposed initiatives would be impossible to fund. Bush's credibility attacks against Gore, meanwhile, focus on character, suggesting that Gore doesn't have the moral fiber to see his centrist agenda through. Bush likes to focus on the veep's campaign finance record, particularly the Buddhist temple fund-raiser, as a way of putting Gore's overall credibility in doubt. The race seems to have shifted from which candidate we can believe to which one we can doubt the least...
...Having considerably underestimated the Vietnam War hero's sway over the national electorate, it appears that the GOP brass is not taking any chances that may alienate the Arizona senator. After all, McCain won seven state primaries - some of them decisively - by soaking up the centrist and crossover vote, and polls show that those who voted for McCain continue to trust him more than either Bush or Gore. The word from the McCain camp is that he hasn't held his endorsement for ransom, but it hardly seems a coincidence that Bush has been speaking more and more about rehabbing...
...Gore's program is also more centrist than a traditional Democrat's--a reflection of the "New Democrat" ideology that got the Clinton-Gore ticket twice elected to the nation's highest offices...
...Rubin, 61. Rubin has said he's not interested, but a Gore strategist says the Gore camp is undeterred: "If Al Gore really wanted him, Rubin would accept." There is even talk of "fusion candidate" Christine Todd Whitman, 53, New Jersey's popular Republican Governor. "Thinks like a centrist Democrat," says an Administration source...