Sorry, Senator, I'M Taking the Daddy Track

By DAVID ELLIS

Tim Raftis, the campaign director for Democratic presidential candidate TOM HARKIN, has a management style that owes more to Robert Bly than to Lee Atwater. Last week Raftis, 32, abruptly left the campaign trail. Reason: his wife gave birth to a boy, and the 32-year-old strategist wanted to help out at home.

With reporting by Wendy Cole