[IP] Clinton To Hit Campaign Trail
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From: Reuben Halper <reuben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 20, 2004 3:26:13 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Clinton To Hit Campaign Trail
Bill Clinton to Join Kerry at Pa. Rally
The Associated Press
Wednesday 20 October 2004
WATERLOO, Iowa - Former President Bill Clinton will appear with Sen.
John Kerry at a lunchtime rally in Philadelphia Monday in what
Democrats hope will be a boost to the presidential ticket in a crucial
battleground state.
The two-term former president also will campaign separately for the
Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Lockhart, an adviser to Kerry and
former Clinton press secretary, said Wednesday.
Clinton, who is recovering from heart surgery, has agreed to the
appearance for his fellow Democrat, who is locked in a tight race
against President Bush.
At a campaign rally Tuesday night, Kerry said he spoke to Clinton
briefly by telephone before the event in Ohio and that Clinton
encouraged him as the contest for the White House grows increasingly
personal in its final days.
"We were talking about how when the other guys are trying to label
you and make you into something you're not," Kerry told several
thousand supporters at the home field of the Dayton Dragons minor
league baseball team.
"And Bill Clinton and I were talking, and he said, `You know, when
the other guy wants you to stop thinking and he's trying to scare you
into not thinking, and you want Americans to think about their future,
it's pretty clear who you ought to be voting for,"' Kerry said.
Clinton has spent the last six weeks recovering from quadruple bypass
surgery, with doctors instructing him to get plenty of rest. Kerry
campaign officials have eagerly awaited word of whether Clinton could
get out to personally encourage voters to support the Democratic
presidential nominee.
Earlier Tuesday, during a stop in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Kerry told a
local TV station that Clinton may come help him in that state, where
polls showed the Democrat tied with Bush. McCurry said the campaign
hopes the former president will be strong enough to visit other
battlegrounds, as well.
"I think it's possible in the next days former President Clinton may
be here, working," Kerry told NBC affiliate WGAL.
Even though he has not been traveling, Clinton regularly phones Kerry
and his aides to offer advice. He also has agreed to tape a phone
message that will be delivered to voters' homes, and he may record
radio advertisements.
Clinton, 58, underwent surgery in New York City on Sept. 6 after
complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath. He has been
recovering at home in Chappaqua just north of New York City and has
recently been going on walks and chatting with other residents.
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