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By DAVID ELLIS/

GERALDINE FERRARO

The feel of the hustings has got to the former vice presidential hopeful. After stumping for candidates in the midterm election, Ferraro is raising money for a poll to measure her strength against New York's Republican Senator Al D'Amato, who is up for re-election in 1992.

With reporting by David E. Thigpen