COVER STORY: `So, Can I Count on Your Support?' ; It's the Most Powerful Job in the World. and the Most Expensive to Apply for. the US Presidential Elections May Be More Than a Year Away, but Candidates Are Already Declaring, and Look Set to Break All Records with Their Campaign Spending. ANDREW BUNCOMBE Investigates

Buncombe, Andrew, The Independent (London, England)

In a small and cramped eighth-floor office no more than a stone's throw from the White House, John Hlinko is avidly tearing open an envelope that bears a postmark from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Inside is a cheque for $30 (pounds 20) made out from a woman called Lynn. "This is the sort of thing we've been getting all the time," says Hlinko, as he puts the cheque away into a drawer. "It says here that she's an administrative assistant."

Hlinko knows the importance of such cheques - big or small. As co- founder of a group trying to persuade retired General Wesley Clark to run for president, he knows the value of every cent they receive. With $100,000 (pounds 63,000) in …

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Publication information: Article title: COVER STORY: `So, Can I Count on Your Support?' ; It's the Most Powerful Job in the World. and the Most Expensive to Apply for. the US Presidential Elections May Be More Than a Year Away, but Candidates Are Already Declaring, and Look Set to Break All Records with Their Campaign Spending. ANDREW BUNCOMBE Investigates. Contributors: Buncombe, Andrew - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: September 9, 2003. Page number: 2,3. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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