Word: dickerson
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...Sound like the Republicans' old plan? Essentially, it is. But TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson says that Friday's play-nice decision to delay the decision on witnesses could still play into Democrats' hands. Unified Democrats would need only six GOP votes to proceed without witnesses -- which leaves Henry Hyde the task of convincing 51 weary jurors that there's more that they need to hear. Meanwhile, the White House legal team bears the schizophrenic burden of planning for the worst while hoping for the best. But it's clearly the Senate's show now, and after nearly morphing into...
...Conservatives would still prefer an open-ended trial," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "And Democrats want it as short as possible. Lott is still trying to land somewhere in between." So far, the new Senate looks a lot like the old House -- Republicans running the agenda, and conservatives running the Republicans. And that seemingly inexorable rightward tide has the White House betting that the long national nightmare will come with a very long coda...
...Reported by Jay Branegan, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, J.F.O. McAllister and Karen Tumulty/Washington
...Reported by Jay Branegan, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, Viveca Novak and Karen Tumulty/Washington
...Capitol Hill correspondent, told Nation editor Priscilla Painton two weeks ago that Texas Congressman Tom DeLay would play a major role in the impeachment hearings. "In the absence of any other Republican leader, he's taking the reins," says Carney of the man he and fellow congressional correspondent John Dickerson profile this week. Carney's prescience has proved invaluable during his 10 years at TIME, which has included stints as a correspondent at the White House, in Moscow and in Miami. "He's wired into what's happening on the Hill," says Painton. "And he's always way ahead...