Today, Bush and his top aides and advisers got down to business, planning the themes of this summer's nominating convention, searching for ways to liven up the gathering whose outcome was settled nearly three months ago. It seems logical to assume that donors to political candidates would think more highly of how campaigns are conducted than those who don't give money. But a new poll suggests the opposite is true. A survey conducted for the nonpartisan Institute for Global Ethics found that 60 percent of political donors believe campaign ethics have gotten worse compared with 53 percent of adults asked the same question in a separate survey late last year. According to recent polls, however, none of those four is up for grabs.
New Jersey is.
George W. Bush is well ahead in Texas and Florida, as is Al Gore in California and New York. In New Jersey, however, the race is a statistical dead heat. But a surprise birthday party for his wife in Kennebunkport, Maine, was compromised when a retired senator telephoned to apologize for being unable to attend. Bush planned Saturday night's fete for Barbara Bush , who turned 75 on Thursday. Some 185 guests, including all five of their children and all 14 grandchildren attended the party at the River Club.