After the call, Edwards campaign manager Nick Baldick and several Dean organizers held a conference call with reporters.

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The call was from Nick Baldick, a Democratic consultant who had worked on the Obama campaign and for the DSCC.

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Baldick ran "New Hampshire for Clinton-Gore" in 1996 and is a close friend of Boston-based political strategist Michael Whouley, who is taking the lead role in building a Gore 2000 campaign organization.

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Mr. Axelrod, the White House and a partner for AKPD didn't respond to requests for comment on their role in HEN, the tapping of Mr. Baldick, and the redolent hiring of AKPD.

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The PAC will be run on a day-to-day basis by a veteran Clinton-Gore operative, Nick Baldick, who is resigning his post in the White House political affairs office to become the PAC's executive director.

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