Having chaired the National Performance Review in the Clinton White House, Kamarck has years of experience working with the Democratic candidate. She says that one of the most important aspects of the current campaign is deciding how to effect change without derailing the nation's economy.

"Among the most important issues in this campaign are education and keeping Social Security and Medicare solvent," Kamarck says. "How do you reduce the budget deficit, keep the economy growing, and make the kinds of change that families need?"

Professor of Law Christopher Edley has also worked as a general policy and strategy adviser to Gore.

"I've dealt with the full range of domestic and international issues, the economy, crime, and education," says Edley, whose areas of expertise include administrative law and civil rights.

Edley emphasizes, however, that advisers such as himself do not decide which issues will be discussed in the election, but only how they will be discussed.

"I care deeply about the issue of race, but so far Bradley and Gore have been quite close on race, so it hasn't become a major issue," Edley says.

Harvard Faculty have also played a central role in Bill Bradley's health care reform proposals.

While Professor of Economics David Cutler professes only a minor involvement in former N.J. senator Bill Bradley's presidential campaign, his area of expertise is health care economics--a key element of Bradley's platform.