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After the address, Jennifer Dunn and Steve Largent gave the president his first real challenge of the evening. They proved that they could match Clinton's vague propositions with abstractions of their own. Just as the president spoke generally about the benefits of bigger government, the GOP's dynamic duo talked broadly about the benefits of lower taxes, causing their two ideological ships to pass each other peacefully on the Potomac...
...GOP has one that Clinton didn't take for himself -- that hardy perennial, the tax cut. The good news for Republicans: In dismissing the Clinton Social Security plan before a House committee Wednesday, Fed chair Alan Greenspan had kind words to say about the GOP push for a 10 percent across-the-board tax cut. Now if only Greenspan would start guest-hosting the "The 700 Club...
...President to speak before the people who are currently judging him. And throughout the State of the Union, Republicans could be seen primly sitting or looking sour while President Clinton gave the speech of his life. But afterward, rather than raising the impeachment scandal, members of the GOP mostly confined their gripes to White House policy -- which is just what Clinton wanted. "The President is trying to set up the same trap as last year, which is to put the Republicans against Social Security," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. Though Dick Armey attacked the proposed budget -- "a $4 trillion...
...reason: enlightened self-interest. With pollsters and even donors telling party leaders they had better find a horse other than the President's troubles to ride, yet another plea for healing was in order. The first step in that direction is changing the public face of the GOP from Gingrich and Hyde to the more palatable (and focus-grouped) Jennifer Dunn and Steve Largent. Following the speech, the two rising young stars gave a bright and shiny infomercial of a Republican response that did get across the message that Republicans are for reconciliation. Sort of. So let the healing begin...
...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...