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...indirect way, Phillip Reisterer and Tom Kwidzinski have been working hard to pass Bill Clinton's health-care plan. The two Chicago men were campaigning last week for Dan Rostenkowski in the Democratic primary next Tuesday in the state's Fifth Congressional District. At one house, a portly woman in a Chicago Bears sweatshirt answered the door. "You'll read some stuff in the papers," said Kwidzinski. "Keep an open mind. Rostenkowski brings a lot to Chicago." She nodded. Upstairs a door opened, and her father, who will be casting an absentee ballot because of some amputated toes, bellowed...
...when asked whether she had an opinion about the propriety of Clinton stumping for a man under investigation by a U.S. Attorney for allegedly embezzling $22,000 from the House post office and hiring no-show employees -- the "stuff in the papers." If it were not for the investigation, Rostenkowski, an 18-term winner, would not need the President's help in the first place...
Still, Clinton went. He seems genuinely to like Rostenkowski. And the President realizes that to prevent Democratic defections on health care, he must establish that he is a man who pays his debts. In the days following the Chicago trip, the Hill took notice. Said a House Democratic leadership source: "It says a lot about Clinton, and it will help him up here, that this is a guy who goes to bat for his friends...
Clinton may also have the satisfaction of knowing that his visit may have tipped the electoral scales in favor of Rostenkowski. He will probably capture his traditional working-class base, people who well remember the billions of dollars' worth of jobs he has brought Chicago. The battle is for the remaining souls: the disenchanted middle class and the indignant liberals put off by the investigation. A Chicago Tribune poll taken before Clinton's visit gave Rostenkowski 24%, but 35% were undecided. Nipping at Rostenkowski's heels is state senator John Cullerton...
...church steps, reporters are getting ready for the arrival of O'Neill's invited guests. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 shows up, first granting copious interviews. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II is next. Then the celebrity parade begins: U.S. Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, Gov. William F. Weld '66, state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger '64, State Senate President William Bulger, as well as myriad local politicians, including the entire Cambridge City Council...