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...hits Congress, it seems, Clinton can no longer rely on fellow Democrats to dismiss it out of hand. The theme on Capitol Hill Tuesday was "betrayal," as liberal luminaries lined up to wag the finger at their wayward President. "I am very disappointed in his personal conduct," said Dick Gephardt. "My trust in his credibility has been shattered," lamented Senator Dianne Feinstein of California -- previously one of the President's most vocal defenders, now a vituperative detractor. Hell hath no fury like a congresswoman scorned...
Officially, Lowell will serve as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, John Conyers. But the decision to hire him for what could be the highest-profile legal-defense job in a generation was made in large part by Richard Gephardt, the House minority leader, and two other committee Democrats, Barney Frank and Howard Berman. The goal, say insiders, was to bring in someone capable of fighting a partisan war on a legal battlefield. "This situation doesn't call for a law-school dean, former-judge type," says a source familiar with the decision. "This could...
...which Gephardt, a likely challenger for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination, has a lot at stake. Not too long ago, Gephardt was engaged in some bitter policy clashes with both Clinton and Vice President Gore. But that was pre-Monica. Gephardt has spent the past seven months suppressing his own Oval Office ambitions in order to defend its current occupant. Every two weeks since April he has convened a meeting in his office with Conyers, Frank, Berman and top staff members to talk about the Lewinsky scandal, the timing of a report from Starr and its probable impact on Democrats...
...stick by their President, no matter what they may think privately. Relieved at Clinton's decision not to fight Starr's subpoena, they are crossing their fingers that the President's high poll numbers can withstand any new revelations. In a private meeting last week House minority leader Dick Gephardt advised fellow Democrats to "remain calm" and "try to avoid getting drawn into answering hypothetical questions" about things like Monica's stained dress. "We'll get through this and move on to the next thing," he said optimistically...
...advisers," he barks into two phones when Bulworth has disappeared yet again. When the Senator shows up for a TV interview in hip-hop garb fresh from the hood, Murphy chirps, "We're back on track." It isn't until he wonders if there's an opening with Dick Gephardt that we know he's losing hope...