... that Al Gore's daughter married into the Schiff family of BANKERS. Gore's Daughter Campaigns By SANDRA SOBIERAJ .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - While Al Gore was home babysitting Friday, his eldest daughter collected some $25,000 for the Democratic Party and exhorted young Americans Friday to take this year's presidential race as personally as she does. Karenna Gore Schiff, more and more a fixture on the campaign trail, recalled for the College Democrats of America annual convention the year that her father and Bill Clinton claimed the White House: ``The first time I voted was in the 1992 primary and boy, I really underestimated the impact of that election on my life,'' she said. Other young people, only a third of whom voted in the 1996 election, should similarly see the race between her father and Republican George W. Bush as a matter of ``personal well-being, not just civic responsibility,'' said Schiff, 26. Mother to 1-year-old Wyatt, Schiff said she dropped him at the vice presidential residence before heading out to two appearances on Dad's behalf. She laughed as she recounted her only instructions to Gore for babysitting Wyatt: ``He needs to eat at 6:30. Don't forget.'' At The George Washington University, College Democrats president Kevin Nicholson heralded Schiff as ``one of the starring members of the Democratic Party and the future of our party.'' She has cultivated a network of young party contributors, which she activated again on Friday night at a Capitol Hill microbrewery and restaurant where she played host at a $25,000 fund raiser for the Democratic National Committee. She gave student activists a speech that she had typed out in advance - sprinkled with hip lingo - but delivered with ease and flair. Her pony tail secured by a rubber band, with a sparkly barrette over one ear and a plain brown bobby pin over the other, she projected a ``real person'' image in stark contrast to the celebrity status accorded her at the convention. Four TV news cameras crushed around her - and four boom microphones captured her every utterance as from overhead - as she shook each of the 150 or so students' hands, posing for pictures with dozens of them. ``We must accept that our action or inaction will have real consequences on our lives. 'Whatever' might be a lot worse than what we expect or deserve,'' Schiff warned. ``Every ad agency in America is salivating over us. Our consumer power moves fashion trends, dictates bestsellers, turns obscure rock bands into superstars. We should harness that power to make the highest leaders of the land accountable to our voices.'' Schiff said she will play an active role at next month's Democratic National Convention, ``speaking to a lot of different groups and going to a lot of parties.'' And, whether her father wins or loses in November, she said ``definitely will'' stay involved in politics.
