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...grade feeling of being annoyed. But Clinton is still somebody the Democrats want campaigning for them." They'll be pleased, then, that the President promised to "raise issues, raise money and raise Cain" on behalf of the party this November. There's just one question: When Ken Starr's report explodes in Congress this fall, will it make Clinton damaged goods...
...wall for it," she says. "Reno doesn't want a bunch of yahoos from Congress rifling through her files." Reno's reticence about appointing independent counsel has nothing to do with loyalty to Bill Clinton, as Burton alleges, but from the fiercest of antipathies for Ken Starr. "Justice is always biased against special prosecutors," says Shannon, "and Ken Starr is Exhibit A. To Reno, he's abused his power, and the last thing she wants to do is unleash another...
...Starr's August "endgame" promises to play as something of a horror movie on Wall Street, while the fall looks likely to bring a new Iraq crisis, followed by November's midterm elections. The U.S. may also be pressed into bombing the Serbs in Kosovo along the way. "I don't think political developments are the first thing on the minds of traders," says Kadlec. "But then again, for the past few years everything has been going well in politics...
Forget about 'All My Children' -- the real soap opera could out in front of Ken Starr's grand jury tomorrow if Monica Lewinsky finally testifies. A Monica star turn would be good news for President Clinton since it would let him know at least some of her story more than a week before he gives his side...
...TIME Washington correspondent Michael Weisskopf says that it's a simple matter of thorough cross-examination. "If Starr can get their testimony before August 17, maybe he'll be able to use their testimony to test the veracity of Clinton's responses to similar questions," he says. "Of course, that assumes that the lawyers have different stories to tell than their boss. Perfect consistency -- either in truth or in lies -- should trump Starr. Of course, that kind of agreement is what got Clinton in trouble in the first place...