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...aside questions about 2000 by pointing to the Scripture hanging on his wall: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." Says he: "The future will take care of itself." But after one or two terms as best supporting actor, the ultimate promotion beckons. When Bob Dole announced he would quit the Senate, Gore was standing outside the Oval Office with chief of staff Leon Panetta, who said he thought Dole's move didn't make sense. "That's like President Clinton resigning to run for President," Panetta said. And the deadpan Gore just pulled...
Morris seldom speaks to reporters, but he gets into hot water all the time. He leaked White House polling data to Bob Dole's campaign last January in a botched attempt to lure Dole into making a budget deal. But despite such mischief making, Morris hasn't lost the President's ear. There are 20 good reasons for this--one for each point by which Clinton leads Dole in the polls...
...influentials. Something about the pursuit of power these days seems to discourage elected officials from putting forward the kind of well-defined character that wins disciples and imitators. Yet in casting off the title of Senate majority leader, one of the golden prizes of American political life, even Bob Dole, a longtime master of the power game, has in effect admitted that power is a prize of uncertain value. By itself, it doesn't provide a vision or a following. It is possible that a presidential candidate can succeed without the first. Without the second, he has a problem...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: New Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, elected Wednesday, insists that he will concentrate first on filling Bob Dole's shoes, rather than changing the style of the Senate: "Our agenda will be the same as Bob Dole laid out for us." Lott, whose manner is tougher than Dole's, reassured reporters after the Senate vote that he will not set a more combative tone in his chamber. TIME's James Carney reports: "Even though Lott retains close ties to the House, especially to Newt Gingrich who studied at his knee, he has become wise to the ways...
...been delayed. Thompson doubts that keeping U.S. troops in Bosnia will reflect badly on Clinton, as long as there are few casualties. Though the notion of American troops at risk overseas would normally be a great liability in a presidential election year, the issue is less explosive since Bob Dole's Bosnia position has not diverged sharply from Clinton's. Jenifer Mattos