Spa schedulers at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Mass., had their hands full last weekend, we hear. Sen. Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea checked in to de-stress after the Dem convention. (Our spy saw them whispering in a hot tub.) Also there getting exfoliated were First Daughters Barbara and Jenna Bush ... source
In a surprisingly dismissive article, Ron Fournier (AP) compares Kerry to Nixon. Fournier is considered by many to be the most influential political analysit in today's media. His assessment of Kerry's plan to bring allies on board is particularly harsh.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_iraq_deal
"Very briefly the Kerry campaign considered sending potential first lady Terry Kerry into New York on Monday to visit the New York Stock Exchange or the Citicorp building, both of which were under increased security due to potential terrorism threats.
"We nixed it when we realized she might actually have to interact with real people in an unstaged event," says a Kerry advance staffer. "It isn't something we're looking to do given the beating we've taken over the convention speech."
The Kerry camp is looking to pull Mrs. Kerry back after a slew of miscues, including what even the campaign now believes was a potentially disastrous convention speech for the woman who wants to be first lady. That was followed by Mrs. Kerry's claim that a cookie recipe submitted under her name to a "first lady bake off" contest organized by a national magazine was sent in by a possible political enemy.