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...Bill Clinton has always been an unapologetic advocate of expanded trade," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "As a moderate governor of a farm state, he's always maintained business-friendly policies and emphasized that prosperity depends on opening up foreign markets for your products. He's helped turn the Democrats into a pro-business party of fiscal responsibility...
...Clintonites have always been open about doing what business wants," says Branegan. "The President genuinely believes that growth is good and capitalism is good, and that business and government can work together to find win-win solutions to problems such as the environment...
...While the story, true or not, could prove embarrassing for the President, the First Lady has a lot more to lose if this story has legs. "I think the President has shown he's not affected by this stuff too much," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "But it could obviously fuel Hillary's opponent in the New York Senate race." Branegan cautions that Rudolph Giuliani will "have to be careful with the Kosovo issue, because voters have shown clearly they're not into negative campaigning this year, and there's a remarkable lack of mudslinging because...
...numbers all go the President's way," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "He'll sign some of these riders, but he'll get to pick and choose the ones that are most onerous and then decide what to keep. He seems to once again have gauged the political winds more accurately than the Republicans have." Then again, ever since the government shutdown of 1995 brought disaster for the GOP at the polls, budget negotiations have been something of a home-court game for the White House...
...Reported by Jay Branegan and John F. Dickerson/Washington