" She is a partner with her husband," said campaign spokesman Sean Walsh. "They have been partners for their entire marriage. She is very, very bright and she knows her way around the media world. That's very valuable to him and to the campaign." Insiders confirmed that Shriver, on leave as an NBC reporter, was upset at how her husband came off on early-morning TV interviews right after he had jumped into the race and let everyone know that she didn't consider it a great idea.
Deborah Orin
Bill & Hil double trouble for state GOP By JOEL SIEGEL Both Democratic candidates desperately sought their support - Andrew Cuomo as a loyal Clinton administration cabinet member and Carl McCall as the state's preeminent black Democrat, a core group for the Clintons. Hillary Clinton allowed one of her fund-raisers to work for McCall, and she marched with the state controller in a high-profile parade Monday. But the Clintons remained publicly neutral. Bill Clinton played a key role in Cuomo's surrender to McCall, averting a potentially bloody and divisive end to the Democratic primary. Now the Clintons are preparing to boost the visibility and the campaign bankroll of McCall in his battle against Gov. Pataki. "This is what we warned would happen," bemoaned one state Republican, referring to the danger of Hillary Clinton winning a Senate seat and bringing her husband with her. The Clintons are not traditional powerbrokers; they have no interest in controlling the state's Democratic Party and playing kingmakers in the way that former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato once ran the New York GOP, aides to the couple said yesterday. |
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