WSJ Political Diary's John Fund reports on a new role for Senator Clinton in the Kerry campaign:
A sure sign that John Kerry's campaign has been rattled by the Swift Boat veterans attack is that it is now turning to Hillary Rodham Clinton to head its "truth squad" during next week's Republican convention. The New York Post reports that aides to Senator Clinton were engaged in "intensive talks" over the weekend with the Kerry camp about her exact role.It was only last month that the Kerry campaign acted as if it wished Ms. Clinton would just as soon stay in New York during Mr. Kerry's Boston coronation. At first, the campaign denied her a prime-time speaking role at the convention. After a storm of protest, Mrs. Clinton eventually was given the job of introducing her husband on the opening night of the convention. No matter how hard they try, Democrats can't avoid the suffocating embrace of the Clintons -- the political couple who continue to dominate the party four years after they left the White House.
-- Senator Robert C. Byrd will oversee a pork spending reduction team
-- Rep Maxine Waters will chair the committee to reach out to conservative, white, southern evangelicals
-- Rep Charlie Rangel’s team will investigate tough actions against the Castro regime in Cuba.
-- Rep Jim McDermott will head the USO.
Did I leave anybody out?