be the person Jews go to first when it
comes to Mideast issues. Other politi-
cians already have the ear of the
Jewish community, Lis said.
Right now, Lieberman is going to the
Jews for something else. Lieberman
raised about $425,000 for the
Democratic party at the Southfield gath-
ering, a warm-up for the day ahead.
According to West Bloomfield's Joel
Tauber, chairman of the executive com-
mittee of the United Jewish
Communities, the Democrats are trying
to raise $10 million from Jewish sup-
porters. Not every stop in the next 24
hours will be for Jewish fund-raising,
but most of them will.

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The fund-raiser ends at around 11:30
p.m. Sunday. Lieberman and his wife
get in a few hours of sleep before leaving
their hotel room the next morning at
6:30. It's now Monday, Oct. 16, and
after visiting the Visteon factory, this day
will take him to five stops in four
Florida cities. His schedule will take him
through 11:45 p.m. Hadassah is not
joining him on this trip.
"The Spirit," Lieberman's chartered
DC-9, is a small, yet comfortable ride.
Nineteen rows long, the 15 rows in
coach have enough legroom to make a
first-class commercial passenger insanely
jealous.
With no oven, the three flight atten-
dants cannot serve hot food, but snacks
and drinks are served frequently.
Lieberman and his advisers occupy
the first-class section, Secret Service and
other staff members sit toward the front
of coach. Members of the media occupy
the back half of the plane.
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Some reporters are rotated, but some
shadow Lieberman continuously.
Regulars have their seats reserved, their
names written on the Gore-Lieberman
headrest covers.
Past and present members of the
press corps have stuck their business
cards in the plastic trim above the
windows.
The overhead-baggage compartment
doors are covered with postcards, cam-
paign and union stickers collected piece
by piece from Danville, Ky., to Rio
Grande Valley in Texas.
As comfortable as the journalists
are with Lieberman and his staff—
there is a friendly give-and-take going
on here — the fuzziness ends when
deciding what posters get taped in the

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