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...time employees, plus 10 from her Senate office who draw part of their salary there and 13 consultants who are building, among other things, a national direct-mail operation. She recently added an Internet guru to their ranks. And offering his services for free is the best Democratic political strategist on the planet: Bill Clinton is "thinking about [her presidential prospects] all the time," says one of Hillary's advisers. "He's thinking about it and talking to a lot of people, promoting Hillary. This is something he is very focused...
...even as her husband campaigned for him. But the hard truth is, she doesn't have much wiggle room. National security is the toughest test for a Democrat, particularly for a woman and especially for a woman so associated with feminine causes like child care and education. Her chief strategist has a grim assessment of what Hillary is up against on that front. The country may be ready for a woman President, Bill has privately told friends, but the first one to make it is more likely to be a Republican in the Margaret Thatcher mold...
...right. When scripted, she can still come off as a scold, but she has learned to attack a rope line with gusto and at her best can be engaging, warm and funny, especially in small settings. Still, "he overpowers her with his gifts," says a senior Democratic strategist. When they appear together, he adds, "it also makes it harder to see the gifts that she has that he doesn't, like a better sense of self and much less insecurity...
FROM THE BEGINNING, HILLARY HAS MADE sure that her political operation has had her own stamp. There are a few people around from her husband's campaigns, chiefly strategist Mark Penn. But by and large, she has formed a team whose loyalties are to Hillary alone. It is an extraordinarily disciplined operation, one in which she does not allow the turf wars and leaking that always kept his in turmoil. But veterans of Bill's campaigns say privately that Hillary's operation is too inflexible and insular for prime time...
...going to make a strong case that this election is a choice between a special-interest, status-quo governor and someone who will stand up for hardworking middle-class people," said Bill Carrick, media strategist for Angelides. He said the Democrat would also continue to link the Republican Governor to the unpopular Republican President, even though Schwarzenegger has made a show of distancing himself from Bush. "When Bush needed Schwarzenegger during his re-election campaign, he was happily at his side. And the Governor has followed the same high-deficit budget policy as this White House," Carrick says...