Word: presidental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"The soap opera format got kind of old," said Vice President and Financial Manager Jonathan M. Vatner '00. "It just didn't come out that well. We've done it for eight years, and it's just time to move on."
When The Times was scheduled to run Berke's story saying President Clinton thought Gore's campaign needed improvement--attributed to anonymous sources--Berke called the White House to let them know about the piece in advance. He told the official he spoke with that if the President was concerned...
But before the article went to print, Berke picked up the phone at his desk and found the President on the other end of the line.
In the ensuing conversation, President Clinton confirmed much of Berke's information--and told the reporter that he felt Gore had already begun to improve his campaign strategy.
Berke offered some political analysis of his own in his speech, saying he was surprised by developments in the 2000 presidential race. If he had been asked a year ago, Berke said, he would have guessed that Vice President Al Gore '69 would have scared off most of his Democratic...