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...think you should be too pessimistic about the future," Clinton told his subdued Japanese audience. "Don't be discouraged, but do be determined. That would be the advice of a friend." It was a far cry from Wednesday's nagging; TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan says that's because Clinton -- unlike, say, Al Gore -- knows the fine art of diplomatic massage...
...merely offering documents that suggest Clinton may have committed (you guessed it) perjury when asked about his relationship with Willey. And right now, that's the last thing the GOP needs. "Republicans on the Hill look on the Willey charges as a poison chalice," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Branegan. "There's a strong desire to get impeachment over with quickly -? yet if they look like they're not considering it carefully, it hurts them with the core supporters...
...What's worse is the nebulous nature of the evidence. At least Clinton admitted to an "improper" tryst with Lewinsky; where Willey was concerned, the White House released a sackful of letters suggesting this Democratic volunteer was less than harassed. "This is classic he-said, she-said stuff," says Branegan. "Starr is scraping the bottom of the barrel here." Which could explain why the independent counsel is not making an official impeachment charge -? and why he released the Willey evidence on a day when the rest of Washington was focused on Iraq. Not that Starr has been completely unproductive...
...They'll have to ask themselves whether the leadership was stupid or the public was," says TIME Washington correspondent James Branegan. Did Newt, late in the budget battle, give up too much to the White House? Or is the public's tolerance of Bill Clinton something Republicans never really grasped? "The GOP shouldn't have messed with the Clintons this close to the election," says Branegan. And that was something Newt, for all his October missteps, very pointedly didn't do. Maybe it's not his fault after...
...legislature, winning five House seats and holding their ground in the Senate. Voters were more concerned with the economy and education than with Monica Lewinsky, and appeared to rebuke the Republicans for their handling of those issues. "This was the Republicans' election to lose," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, "and it appears they have." Voters sent a strong message to Washington to back off on impeachment -- in exit polls, 61 percent disapproved of the Republicans' handling of the presidential scandal -- but that doesn't mean President Clinton is off the hook: "After a deep breath...