They will see it as strictly a campaign ploy.

"I think it's a great campaign ploy," said Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, of Mr. Bush's "unifying" talk.

Mr. Wilson, who is running for Governor of California next year, denied it was a campaign ploy.

Whatever its purpose as a campaign ploy, the commission, appointed yesterday, could not come at a better time.

If the notion was just a campaign ploy, Mr. Jospin did not use it again on Friday night.

Mr. Sweeney's campaign staff accused Ms. Gillibrand of dredging up 30-year-old incidents as part of a "desperate" campaign ploy.

The Socialists' most successful campaign ploy has apparently been their attempt to paint his friends as the primary beneficiaries of Spain's extensive privatization program.

No-one ever knew for sure whether Clinton's tear were genuine or a campaign ploy.

Mr. Pataki's aides depicted Mr. Cuomo's announcement as a campaign ploy.

The perpetuation of the violence may also become a campaign ploy in the lead-up to future elections.