She also plans a four-day campaign-style swing around the country.

In a four-day swing last week through Western states including California, Mrs. Dole raised about $165,000, Mr. Fleischer said.

Mr. Dole's running mate, Jack Kemp, kicking off a four-day swing through California on Friday, insisted that the race was narrowing.

Indeed, Mr. Kerry has been fighting "for every vote" - as he often puts it - during a four-day swing through southeastern and central Iowa.

"We're setting the agenda every day," says Mr. Jackson, who campaigned relentlessly across California in recent days and arrived in New Jersey Friday night for a four-day swing.

And on Wednesday, he will embark on a four-day swing through the West.

In a four-day swing through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, they stopped at 11 museums and colleges.

Mr. Gingrich, who was on a four-day campaign-style swing through New Hampshire, surprised the White House by immediately accepting the President's offer.

"I'm prepared to go to Claremont," Mr. Gingrich said, speaking to reporters at one of the numerous "press availabilities" he has scheduled during his four-day campaign-like swing across New Hampshire.

Instead, on this four-day swing in August and in appearance after appearance since, he has flailed away like a man swinging an ax at a tree limb ready to give way.