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WASHINGTON: The Clinton impeachment process is going underground for a little while. Judiciary chair Henry Hyde and chief Republican investigator David Schippers plan to keep their post-vote deliberations under lock and key -- or at least low-key -- until hearings formally begin after the November 3 elections. It's a strategy that speaks volumes; not only is Hyde hoping to keep the messy subject out of sight for the sake of fast-fading bipartisanship -- not to mention the oft-cited Rodino format -- but the GOP is also recognizing that the defection of a mere 31 Democrats Thursday was not exactly...
...House does go forward with an extensive inquiry, and then votes to impeach the President, a final vote on conviction in the Senate may not take place until next summer. In the meantime, the President will continue to be as hindered as he has appeared to be in the weeks since the Starr Report was delivered to Congress. Staff and supporters will continue to jump ship, other leading Democrats will keep their distance and the media will keep on giving short shrift to substantive issues...
...impeachment process, however, was designed by the Founders to be, and certainly has turned to be, more of a political process than a legal one. The strictly partisan vote of 21-16 in the House Judiciary Committee on Monday attests to this, as does the maddeningly partisan crusade of the "independent" council...
WASHINGTON: So far, the third presidential impeachment process in history is turning out the way the White House hoped it would. After Henry Hyde's resolution to open impeachment hearings carried the House by a 258-176 vote, the Republican demurely called it "a victory for the process." But it was Bill Clinton who was breathing a little easier after the afternoon vote; only 31 Democrats crossed the aisle. "The White House had put out the word that anything under 50 would be a victory, and of course that bar was comfortably high," says TIME senior writer Eric Pooley...
...real vote, says Pooley, is the vote on the articles of impeachment, which won't happen until this Congress is back from the midterm elections -- or perhaps even sometime next year. "The idea was to let Democrats vote whichever way they needed to to please their voters at home," says Pooley. "That way they'll be around to help out when it counts." The low defection rate, then, is a relief for Clinton on two counts: Not only is the majority of Democrats still behind him, but their voters...