AL GORE's challenge to GEORGE W. BUSH in the wake of the Super Tuesday primaries--twice-a-week debates, joint town meetings, forswearing party soft money--sounded high-minded, but it was really wishful thinking. Without some sort of seismic shift in the ground rules, Gore faces a daunting task: keeping the Democratic National Committee flush enough to compete with the expected barrage of G.O.P. TV ads all spring and summer.
The night Gore swept to victory, party chairman ED RENDELL was at the New Jersey home of state senator Ray Lesniak, telling him and other top Gore fund raisers that he wants to bring in...
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