On Sunday alone, Lazio appeared on six TV talk shows, visited four Upstate cities and did a commencement speech. Even Clinton's handlers seemed puzzled, and the best they could do on short notice was saddle Lazio with his one-time leader, Newt Gingrich, who the Clinton camp hopes to invoke at odd and inconvenient times for their rival, rather like Banquo's ghost. Children, it is clear, will be used as both extras and props in this melodrama. Lazio announced his candidacy at his old high school in West Islip while Clinton welcomed him to the race from a boys and girls club in Mount Kisco. Lazio accused Clinton of being a liberal carpetbagger, but he has a tough part of his own.
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