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...President had better hope the rosy numbers bear out. His once sky-high approval ratings are starting to slip, and the tobacco legislation, which Clinton is counting on to pay for a host of goodies in his 1999 budget, is still getting picked apart in the Senate. With Monica to the left of him and Chinese missiles to the right, the economy -- and its power to "save Social Security first" -- may be all that Clinton has left...
FIGHTING BIG TOBACCO...
...been damaged by tobacco, I am outraged at the charade of the U.S. government and the courts vs. Big Tobacco [WASHINGTON DIARY, May 4]. Americans often act out in protest: we pile up the shoes of gunshot victims, bemoan drunk drivers, mad bombers and pornography. Why not bring to justice the monstrous, lying hypocrites who have, in the name of egregious profit and bloated salaries, poisoned the lives of millions? RICHARD GRAHAM Qingdao, China...
...Take tobacco-country Republican Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), who wants to cap the fees of trial lawyers who take on tobacco at $250 an hour -- "more than a fair wage," he said. "Let's stop the national lawyers enrichment tour before it starts." This from the head of the Republican fundraising committee, who single-handedly torpedoed campaign finance reform on the grounds that caps on soft-money contributions were unconstitutional. Maybe he's sore that the trial lawyers contribute overwhelmingly to Democrats. Maybe he just doesn't like John McCain...
...Trent Lott, meanwhile, was in his usual spoiler's role; his proposal to scrap price supports for tobacco farmers and replace them with a buyout program drew snipes from Democrats, who accused Lott of bursting the bipartisan bubble the bill had enjoyed thus far. Responded Lott: "If you don't want us to try to find a way to deal with children smoking and drug abuse by children . . . go right ahead." The upshot: this could take a while...