Word: reporte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Starr's report was so novelistic that reading it had the effect of redrawing the characters we have watched now for so long. It is above all Monica's story, breathless, girlish, reckless, clueless. And yet it was Clinton who had the most to lose: Monica's popularity ratings have been close to the single digits for months, while the President, riding a muscular market and peaceable times, seemed invulnerable to redefinition no matter how lurid the rumors of his personal conduct. But that was a judgment made about a public man: Starr has now introduced his wanton private shadow...
...President beloved by his people and his party would be staggered by the blow the report dealt him. But Clinton went into Friday morning already reeling. Whatever his shortcomings as a person, many fellow Democrats figured long ago, he was at least a gifted athlete, an ambidextrous operator who could caper and maneuver and keep his feet dry. It would be nice, of course, to have a grownup in the Oval Office, but voters have settled twice now for something less than that because he seemed so good at the job that kept tripping others up. And yet here...
...notion of resignation, dismissed as unfair and inconceivable once the overwrought January days had passed, rumbled back into the national conversation. Even before the report arrived, lawmakers were surprised by how quickly the mood was changing. They came back to work last week after spending some time at home and getting an earful. Real people, the lawmakers learned, were sick and tired of turning off the TV when the news came on and hearing their kids use "Monica" like a cussword. They kept asking each other how they were supposed to explain to their constituents why the President...
...impeachment war room set up by Republican whip Tom Delay, who has already called for Clinton to resign. Staff members from his office had compiled binders full of material on impeachment procedures. By waging a phony war over whether to give Clinton an advance look at Starr's report, Democrats laid the groundwork for a claim that the whole process ahead will be a show trial. "I feel that the Republicans were so wrongheaded not to let the President have a couple of days to review this document," said Democrat Henry Waxman, who nevertheless voted for the resolution to release...
Democrats, meanwhile, grumbled in grim disgust. After reading much of the Starr report, six-term Democrat David Skaggs of Colorado said, "I'm not sure we have a proper basis for impeachment, but I'm pretty sure the effectiveness of this presidency is pretty well destroyed." A six-term Midwestern lawmaker could barely finish his sentences as he tried to sum up his feelings, but he said he suspected Clinton would pull through. "I don't think this is impeachment, but that could turn as this report sinks in." Another Democrat said he was "personally outraged" by Clinton's behavior...