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House Democratic Leader and probable presidential candidate Richard Gephardt expressed his frustration with the emptiness of the Democratic Party under Clinton in a speech here at Harvard in December. In thinly-veiled attacks on the President and Vice President, he criticized those "New Democrats...who too often market a political strategy masquerading as policy" and called for a Democratic Party "that is a movement for change and not a money machine...
With the attention back on the President, the scandal has granted the Democrats a double bonus. First, they avoid the embarrassing, public soul-searching Gephardt was pushing, Second, they may even be helped by Clinton's remarkable approval ratings. Republicans, on the other hand, face the unpleasant possibility of considering the impeachment of a popular President based on the recommendations of an unpopular Independent Counsel for charges many consider superfluous...
Rossello said that the bill has many co-sponsors from both political parties, including Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Democratic House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt...
Minority leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) will be a strong but highly partisan candidate for the Democrats, Simpson predicts...
Furthermore, while The Crimson points to Ralph Reed's visit more than a year ago as a sign that the IOP is becoming more conservative, since then, the IOP has had many Democrats speak, including Warren Christopher, Mike McCurry, James Carville, Al Gore '69 and Dick Gephardt. I am confident Senator Simpson will do an excellent job leading a non-partisan IOP. --Benjamin I. Krefetz...