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...Clinton's, yet again, is dirty. To many observers, Republican and Democrat alike, the pardon was simply outrageous - the latest egregious example of Clinton's moral turpitude. Rich's ex-wife, New York City socialite Denise Rich, just happens to be a major Clinton donor and fund-raiser who has raked in millions of dollars for the Democratic party during the past eight years. Rich's lawyer in the pardon case, Jack Quinn, was once Clinton's general counsel. Quinn personally lobbied Clinton, and various dignitaries - including, sources tell TIME, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and King Juan Carlos...
...pardon case was strengthened by an extraordinary lobbying effort. For starters, there was Denise Rich, the Grammy-nominated songwriter and Democratic diva who throws some of the most happening fund-raisers in New York City and Aspen, Colo., frequented by the likes of Martha Stewart and Michael Jackson. Despite their less-than- amicable divorce a few years ago - Marc left her for a younger blond - Denise recently wrote a supporting letter at the request of Marc's New York attorney, Robert Fink. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Denise has been one of the Clintons' most loyal supporters, giving...
...sometimes a mandate is just an invitation for more grandstanding. Most Republicans, Bush first among them, have only the slightest flicker of interest in reform, thanks to some legitimate free-speech problems with a soft-money ban and the iron hands of Lott and chief Senate fund-raiser Mitch McConnell. (He who controls the reelection money controls many a politician, and yes, that was McConnell emceeing Bush's inaugural.) Most Democrats, chief Democratic fund-raiser Bob Torricelli first among them, find that their yen for reform tends to wane as soon as a meaningful bill is in actual danger...
...lived up to it. Roaming the globe building houses and talking peace has already been done - is still being done - but no one expects that to keep Clinton off the stage. Author, certainly. Guest speaker, definitely. Citizen of the world? Tony Blair's door is always open. Democratic fund-raiser? Terry McAuliffe will be in touch. Presidential campaign manager? That fourth warning was neatly framed over Clinton's shoulder - a photo of Senator Hillary Clinton, who will be the only employed one next week but is still married to the most powerful Democrat in the free world...
...Evans, a longtime Bush friend and fund-raiser whose previous life as an oilman didn't present much opportunity for him to make political enemies, looks primed to sail through his Senate confirmation hearings, which began Thursday. But congressional observers predict that other, less innocuous nominees could be in for a very rough ride, including ex-Missouri senator John Ashcroft, who is nominated for attorney general, and former Colorado attorney general Gale Norton, who has been named to head the Department of the Interior...