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...learned to love her--or even like her? It seems not. A TIME/CNN poll taken the day after her Walters appearance found that 72% of those interviewed still have a generally unfavorable impression of her, down just slightly from a high of 78% in September, shortly after the unflattering Starr report was released. Only 15% of us think well...
Maybe the problem is that Americans would like less of Monica, not more. When the presidency was in crisis, when Kenneth Starr seemed in danger of undoing the election and the Clinton marriage, there was at least a reason for us to pay attention to Monica. Last week there was none. All that remained was what Monica calls romance and the rest of us know as gossip. Even with all its lusty detail, its hilariously unnecessary cigars and Altoids and thongs, the Starr report, when it appeared, had consequences. Monica's Story, which exists because of the theory that what...
...that the prosecution of President Clinton is over, get ready for the prosecution, of sorts, of Ken Starr. The independent counsel is on the defensive these days. This week his top spokesman, Charles Bakaly, stepped down--at the same time that Starr asked the Justice Department to investigate a leak from the counsel's office that may have involved Bakaly. The leak in January concerned the revelation that Starr had concluded he had the authority to indict President Clinton while in office. "It looks like Starr may believe that Bakaly was the source of the leak," says TIME Washington correspondent...
...self-referral to the Justice Department is a significant admission for Starr. "It essentially says that the Justice Department has the power to investigate the independent counsel," says Novak. And it also admits that there may be some wrongdoing worth investigating...
...Starr has throughout his probe repeatedly been accused of being manipulative and overzealous, and some of these charges will soon get a new airing, perhaps as soon as next week at Whitewater partner Susan McDougal's contempt trial. "Her defense will highlight her contention--after being tried three times--that he has been trying to get her to lie against Clinton," says Novak. "Her lawyers will be putting Starr's office on trial and may even call him." Clinton's acquittal in the impeachment proceedings weakened Starr politically, and he does not noticeably lack enemies who would take advantage...