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Work progresses at the Clinton Presidential Library on the banks of the Arkansas River in Little Rock, Ark.,

Where's the single wide?

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ONE of the first things Sen. John Kerry will do now that he has won de facto control of the party is to oust Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, say top insiders in the Kerry campaign.

McAuliffe — who was hand-picked by Bill Clinton and has remained under the influence of Sen. Hillary Clinton — wasn't helpful to the Kerry cause. In fact, he seemed to be secretly supporting the Clintons' favorite son, Gen. Wesley Clark, until Clark crashed and burned.

"The Kerry people can't stand McAuliffe. They want their own man in charge of the party, someone they can trust," one top Democrat told us yesterday.

McAuliffe — a multimillionaire who grew up in Syracuse and started his first business, McAuliffe Driveway Maintenance, when he was 14 — has announced he'll step down, win or lose, at the end of the year.

But Kerry won't wait that long, sources say.

"Kerry deserves someone who is 100 percent loyal to him, not someone who has been subservient to the Clintons for years," a source reasons.

Political analysts say Sen. Clinton, who has her eye on a White House race in 2008, would have a better chance four years from now if Bush were re-elected. If Kerry is elected this year, he will most likely be renominated in 2008, and she probably wouldn't be able to run for president until 2112, when it might be too late.

Another Democrat reports: "If Kerry wants to dump McAuliffe today, he could do it in a heartbeat, but it doesn't make sense. They don't need to fire him. He's been neutralized. They don't need to create more dissension with a public beheading."

McAuliffe, a phenomenal fund-raiser, was quoted yesterday, in an oddly flattering piece in the New York Observer, as bragging about accelerating the primary season so the Democrats would settle on a candidate early in the year.

"Even my biggest critics are saying this was a good idea," McAuliffe said. "Bill Kristol, talking on Fox, called me a genius."

Sources say no matter who is named DNC chairman, the Kerry strategy will be masterminded by campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill, media strategist Bob Shrum and master field operative Michael Whouley.

Whouley — an almost mythical Boston native who so shuns the spotlight that there are no photos of him on the Internet — is credited with Kerry's stunning victory in Iowa.

I forget, is that stupid museum supposed to go all the way across that river?

Just saw one of GWB's ads, not in a news story and you know what is my favorite part of all the ads? In the beginning when President Bush is walking on a White House walkway and GWB's voice says "This ad is approved by President Bush."

Yep, he's got a bit of a swagger and I love it!! :-)