He visited the Ohio State Fair Saturday. Clinton needs to sell his record and sell Gore. Clinton's task is to boost Gore without upstaging him. Aides to George W. Bush are betting that Clinton, with all his charm and all his baggage, poses an impossible pickle for Gore.
Some outside observers see an element of truth in that.
I want to tune in for that moment. Not a New Dilemma Gore's challenge isn't peculiar to him. Vice presidents have not had great successwinning the presidency. Since Martin Van Buren in 1836, George Bush, father of the current GOP nominee, is the only sitting vice president to win the top job. And most everybody would agree Gore has done it right.