Article: The Attack Man - Bob Shrum and the Democratic style.

Al Gore, as the country now realizes, is a rough campaigner-even a nasty one. His rhetoric is extreme, and his tactics are brutish. Naturally, he has formed a campaign team in his own image. There's general chairman Tony Coelho, who made his reputation smashing the face of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. There's campaign manager Donna Brazile, who pops off wildly, sometimes shooting herself in the foot. And then there's Bob Shrum, the media strategist and all-purpose guru, who is the most aggressive, the most slashing, the most ruthless of them all. The campaign of George W. Bush knows to buckle its seat belt: It's going to be a very bumpy ride.

Shrum is probably the ...

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