WILL October prove harmful to W. and other living things? Historically, a lame-duck president can wield great leverage over a presidential contest in his fading months in office if he chooses to do so. Eisenhower jumped into Nixon’s 1960 campaign, creating a surge that left his vice president within a statistical-margin-of-fraud tie for the presidency. What will Bill Clinton do to help Al Gore in October?
He faces a basic choice: Will he act as campaigner-in-chief or behave in a soberly presidential manner in the last, crucial weeks? Will he barnstorm for his anointed successor or instead focus on adding to his record as president and bolstering his approval ratings?
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