Matters are made worse, a number of Democrats say, by Clinton's busy convention schedule. Thus, Gore is linking himself to Clinton's public record and Bush is trying to saddle Gore with the president's personal flaws. But somehow, we will never see one without thinking of the other. Michigan pollster Steve Mitchell said the line has resonance in his battleground state. Convention delegate Teresa Barton of Frankfort, Ky., said the vice president needs to keep Clinton out of her state.
Moral values is important for most voters, finishing a close second to education in most polls.
Art Torres, chairman of the California Democratic Party, said moral values wouldn't be such a big issue without the Lewinsky scandal. And if Clinton hadn't had the affair, Democrats might not be so sensitive to a fund-raiser at the Playboy mansion. That may explain why the party was willing to risk alienating Hispanic voters with the crackdown. But they are. The Associated Press .