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Political Experience: Three terms on the Cambridge City Council; worked three years for a Democrat in the State Senate while in law school...
Republicans have the comfort of expecting that in November voters will be more likely to punish the Democrats. After all, Clinton is the head of their party, while Ken Starr, a chronic loser in opinion polls, is not on the ballot. That's why a vocal and growing minority of Republicans, led by House whip Tom DeLay, is demanding that the full text of the report be made public as soon as it arrives. For different reasons, so did Democrat John Dingell of Michigan. Like many Democrats, he may figure that the details will come out anyway...
...hear the ominous rumble of truth. In Watergate it came in early 1974, when conservative Senator James L. Buckley called for Richard Nixon's resignation, starting the massive Republican defection that ultimately destroyed him. For the defiant and powerful Republican Senator Bob Packwood, it came in 1993, when freshman Democrat Patty Murray, speaking in a tremulous voice that barely carried to the galleries, found the words that moved the gentlemen of the club into ousting their colleague for sexual harassment...
...contrition campaign continues. Senate Democrats were the latest audience for Bill Clinton's apology roadshow Thursday, and minority leader Tom Daschle gave it two thumbs up: "He shared his feelings and apologized to us personally," said Daschle. Indeed, by now there doesn't seem to be a Democrat in Washington to whom the President hasn't poured his heart out. And in case anyone missed it, Clinton discussed his strategy openly at a science awards ceremony the same afternoon; he spoke of "this process I'm going through of talking to people... to ask for their understanding, their forgiveness...
...That was enough to make Trent Lott contemptuous. "Why should they get special treatment?" asked the Senate Majority leader. "They'll get it when the House gets it." Still, for Kendall, this request is a surprisingly savvy political move. It won immediate support from Democrats, who are making administration-friendly noises for the first time in a week -- if only because they believe Clinton should have a chance to defend himself. Review and commentary is "an appropriate and professional courtesy," according to Rep. Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat who says he fully expects the Lewinsky matter to lead to impeachment...