Word: gores
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...also outside the Science Center was a sizeable anti-impeachment contingent. Jeff A. Letalien'01, treasurer of the Harvard Radcliffe Republican Club, helped organize a counter rally which sported 30 students from Harvard and Boston University protesting with signs reading "Jail to the Chief!" and cheers of"Gore...
Even if he wanted to, there's at least one reason the President would stop short of resigning now: Al Gore. If Clinton were to resign during the next few weeks, Gore could stand for election only once. If he waits until January 20, however, Gore could run twice...
...little-known provision of the Constitution -- the 22nd Amendment -- states that no one who serves out someone else's presidential term "for more than two years... shall be elected to the office of the President more than once." So if Clinton were to leave office before January 20, Gore would serve out Clinton's term and could run for re-election just once. After the date, Gore could run twice. Not surprisingly, Gore has already come out against impeaching and removing the President for the good of the nation. But if Clinton were to seriously consider resigning, would it surprise...
...charge. He doesn't want to act like he's in charge. And that may be the best way to make it to the top. Vice President Al Gore has made perhaps the ultimate sacrifice for his boss, canceling a Thursday pre-2000 primary trip to New Hampshire in order to help out in Washington during the first day of impeachment hearings. Gore came out swinging on Monday in defense of Clinton, urging Congress to keep the President in office. He also blasted House Republicans for abandoning the censure option. The "decision to reject compromise," said Gore, does "not give...
...TIME Washington deputy bureau chief Jef McAllister believes the remarks showed "classic vice presidential behavior." Gore, he says, "has been remarkably loyal to the President, in large measure because in the long run it is wise to remain loyal." At a time of crisis in the White House, visibly staying on board is a good way to demonstrate the solidity of your own presidential timber, particularly when the crisis has a strong partisan undercurrent. The Gore statement also serves an immediately important cheerleading function. "It puts a stop to any possible Democratic wavering that might develop in the crucial next...