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...aides say the Vice President's concentration of time and money on the Sunshine State has cost him in other regions. "They thought they could fight us on our own turf in Florida," says Matthew Dowd, Bush's polling guru, "but while they were doing that, they let things slip" elsewhere. When the Texas Governor began running ads in traditionally Democratic West Virginia last summer, the Gore campaign responded for a few weeks, then took its ads down as its polls showed the Vice President 17 points ahead...
...kickoffs, Lehigh's Abdul Byron managed to slip away from the Crimson's downfield attack. He returned two kickoffs for 72 yards, including a 48-yard return to start the second half...
...inexperienced team, the same defense, a quick three-and-out, and a botched punt let the game quickly slip away in the second quarter...
...aides say the Vice President's concentration of time and money on the Sunshine State has cost him in other regions. "They thought they could fight us on our own turf in Florida," says Matthew Dowd, Bush's polling guru, "but while they were doing that, they let things slip" elsewhere. When the Texas Governor began running ads in traditionally Democratic West Virginia last summer, the Gore campaign responded for a few weeks, then took its ads down as its polls showed the Vice President 17 points ahead...
...While some are complaining of neglect, the airwaves in other areas are being deluged. At Tampa's WLFA, the advertising department asked station management to start its weekend newscast 30 seconds later so it could slip in one more spot after Meet the Press. (Management declined.) But with competing ads sometimes coming back to back, assistant news director Deb Halpern says, "I've actually had calls from viewers asking me to explain commercials. The viewers will say, 'Which one is true...