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...staff to get people to like him - this is purely hypothetical, you understand - he might want to pay attention to this one. The latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll puts Gore in, yes, a statistical dead heat with George W. Bush, with 46 percent of likely voters tapping the veep to 48 percent for Bush, closing Bush's 50-41 lead from just a week ago. Gore now leads among women, 51 percent to 44 percent, and among independents, 44 percent to 41 percent - two categories Bush was trouncing him in last Tuesday. So, what'd Gore eat for breakfast last week...
...APPEAL A minority or female Veep would fire up the Democratic base like nothing else. Now he has to find one who fits the bill BEST: Dianne Feinstein WORST: Jim Hunt...
...ATTACK DOG? One of the roles of the Veep is to be the top dog's attack dog. Gore's so good at it that he doesn't need one as badly as most nominees. Still, he wants a fighter BEST: Dick Gephardt WORST: Bill Cohen...
...amplified Clinton. But for his own Veep, he may not want a mere clone...
...Probably not enough kudos, however, to keep black Oklahoma congressman J. C. Watts on the running-mate list. And speaking of racially based calculations: another hopeful just struck off the veep roster, one supposes, is Christine Todd Whitman, though for different reasons. The New Jersey governor sunk further into her own racial-profiling mess when a photo of her, gleefully frisking a black man on one of her ride-alongs with the cops, hit the papers Tuesday in full glory...