Word: gores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bill and Hillary Clinton, what matters now isn't so much what they do as how they seem--how reconciling, how inventive, how invested in the well-being of every last citizen whose hand they will shake and vote they will claim on behalf of their anointed successor, Al Gore. Because in Gore's victory they see their redemption...
...trying much that is new. His willingness to use some of the surplus to pay down the debt speaks to a kind of long-term focus that is the luxury of a lame-duck President. The plan for the next two years seems to be, Trumpet the past; give Gore the future...
When it comes to securing the succession, Hillary may be even more valuable to Gore than her husband. Consider what she can do on the campaign trail. Unlike Clinton, whose Technicolor campaign appearances beside Gore often make the Vice President seem drawn in black-and-white, Hillary energizes Gore without overpowering him. She represents what people like about Clinton's presidency without reminding them of what they don't like. She can raise buckets of money. And she can connect with people on the very issues--children, families--that people have trouble associating with Gore...
...would think that looking like the average Joe would actually be good in a film like Message in a Bottle where Costner is a man grief-ridden by the death of his beloved wife. Add to the physical ravages of this trauma a personality more wooden than Al Gore, and you've got yourself an authentic bereaved widower...
...impeachment stampede," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. In other words, after the trial ends and the sympathy factor dissipates, Clinton and his fellow Democrats will need to worry about an inevitable fall in the polls. And that could prove to be a particular problem for Gore. Says Dickerson, "People may conclude that although they didn't want Clinton out, he and his Democratic entourage are nonetheless the source of all the woes that led to impeachment." And if that perception begins to take hold, it could lead to a get-all-the-bums out reaction from the electorate...