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...says Clinton's "rousing speech" galvanized an otherwise soporific DLC parlay and persuaded many moderate Democrats that the president would reposition himself to their liking. (Clinton antagonist McCurdy, Carney reports, was so enthusiastic that he said blurted out, "That's the Bill Clinton we've been waiting for" -- a remark that drew a momentary frown from the president, who had avoided directly criticizing McCurdy.) "Are they going to play it safe, or be bold in taking on the Republicans?" Carney asks. "The signal Clinton issued was that they're going to be bold and challenge them for the swing vote...
Incoming foreign relations committee chairman Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) -- the subject of a recent firestorm over interviews he's given about President Clinton's performance -- today used his recent high media profile to bash the press. He may have been apologetic after his recent remark that President Clinton "better have a bodyguard" if he visits North Carolina, but now that the smoke's cleared, he's blaming the media for the rhetorical debacle. "It was never a threat and everybody knew that," a reinvigorated Helms told reporters during a home state visit. He aimed his next shot...
Never one to mince words, Senator Jesse Helms, the ultra-conservative Republican slated to head the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expanded on his Nov. 18 remark that President Clinton is not up to the job of Commander in Chief. The North Carolinian followed up by telling a Raleigh newspaper that Clinton was so unpopular with the military that he had "better watch out" and "have a bodyguard" if he visits Helms' state. Though the Senator later conceded his remark was a "mistake," the incendiary statement provoked anger from congressional Democrats, solemn disapproval from the President and verbal minuets from Republican...
...after the Washington establishment weighed down on poor Jesse, the old Senator finally recanted by admitting a "mistake." He stopped just short of formally apologizing for his "offhand remark...
...another home.' " Becky and T.J. McManamy of Charlotte, who went through seven au pairs in four years -- two good, five bad -- say they let go of Lindsey, an aloof Briton, after she told them, "Your children are not safe with me." When the McManamys tried to pass that disturbing remark on to AuPairCare -- first by phone, then by certified letter -- the agency didn't respond. DuToit now says the McManamys misinterpreted Lindsey's remark...