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...risk instead of an opportunity. In a TIME/CNN poll conducted in July, 31% of those surveyed believe they would be "worse off" under Clinton's plan -- up 10 points since September -- and only 15% think they would be better off. "People generally understand the need for change," says Congressman Bob Matsui, a California Democrat. "But they're concerned about getting hurt." Even more alarming for the Administration has been the remarkable efficiency with which the President's opponents have succeeded in vilifying the Clinton plan. In the TIME/CNN poll, 49% opposed the Clinton approach, while only 37% supported...
...were produced by a California organization calling itself Citizens for Honest Government. The Rev. Jerry Falwell duplicated the earlier Circle tape, and in May offered it to viewers of his cable-TV program Old Time Gospel Hour. (No one will give any figures on sales of either video.) Illinois Congressman Philip Crane, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, wrote a complimentary covering letter for + copies of the longer Chronicles tape, distributed by the California group to his G.O.P. colleagues on Capitol Hill...
Espy, too, was intimately familiar with the poultry industry from his days as a Mississippi Congressman. The Justice Department and Congress are currently investigating Espy's association with Tyson, prompted by accusations that he accepted plane trips and football tickets from the chicken producer. (He later reimbursed the company.) The Agriculture Secretary's intervention in the Puerto Rican matter offers a vivid example of how Tyson benefits from its historic connections to Clinton. The case illustrates that such influence is best wielded subtly, and better still when third parties can front as the ones seeking favors and getting them...