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■ At state dinner in Bulgaria attended by President Clinton, President Petar Stoyanov delivers toast by reading from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. . . . Roger Clinton, presidential half-brother, plans to perform at concert in North Korea and donate fee to charity.

■ In Quinnipiac College poll, George W. Bush leads Vice President Gore (46 percent to 41 percent) but trails Bill Bradley (41 percent to 46 percent). Sen. John McCain leads both Gore (53 percent to 34 percent) and Bradley (43 percent to 36 percent). . . . In Hotline’s survey of state polls, Bush currently leads Gore in 29 states for an electoral vote of 353, with Gore leading in 4 states worth 52 electoral votes (270 needed to win). . . . Hotline poll asks likely voters to pick running mates for Gore and Bush. Among Democrats, Bradley leads (24 percent), followed by Jesse Jackson (11 percent) and House minority leader Dick Gephardt (10 percent). For GOP Elizabeth Dole finishes first (31 percent), with McCain (14 percent) and N.J. Gov. Christine Whitman (7 percent) second and third. . . . McCain, on budget agreement: “a scathing, unconscionable depiction of the way we do business in Washington.” . . . “John [McCain] is weakest,” says unnamed former associate in Washington Post, “where they know him best—in the Senate and at home” in Arizona. . . . Clinton lawyer Robert S. Bennett and private eye Terry Lenzner host fundraiser for Bill Bradley. . . . Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile, in Washington Post: “A white-boy attitude is, ‘I must exclude, denigrate, and leave behind.’ ”

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■ At state dinner in Bulgaria attended by President Clinton, President Petar Stoyanov delivers toast by reading from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. . . . Roger Clinton, presidential half-brother, plans to perform at concert in North Korea and donate fee to charity.

■ In Quinnipiac College poll, George W. Bush leads Vice President Gore (46 percent to 41 percent) but trails Bill Bradley (41 percent to 46 percent). Sen. John McCain leads both Gore (53 percent to 34 percent) and Bradley (43 percent to 36 percent). . . . In Hotline’s survey of state polls, Bush currently leads Gore in 29 states for an electoral vote of 353, with Gore leading in 4 states worth 52 electoral votes (270 needed to win). . . . Hotline poll asks likely voters to pick running mates for Gore and Bush. Among Democrats, Bradley leads (24 percent), followed by Jesse Jackson (11 percent) and House minority leader Dick Gephardt (10 percent). For GOP Elizabeth Dole finishes first (31 percent), with McCain (14 percent) and N.J. Gov. Christine Whitman (7 percent) second and third. . . . McCain, on budget agreement: “a scathing, unconscionable depiction of the way we do business in Washington.” . . . “John [McCain] is weakest,” says unnamed former associate in Washington Post, “where they know him best—in the Senate and at home” in Arizona. . . . Clinton lawyer Robert S. Bennett and private eye Terry Lenzner host fundraiser for Bill Bradley. . . . Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile, in Washington Post: “A white-boy attitude is, ‘I must exclude, denigrate, and leave behind.’ ”