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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (189031)	10/4/2001 11:20:55 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769670

Sure, but as I wrote yesterday, the Dem leadership has bolstered Condit for re-election: ...Mr. Condit's scandal, involving interference with law enforcement probing the disappearance of Chandra Levy, was blown off the front pages by the terrorist attacks. Since then he scored an appointment to the new Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Intelligence Committee, a move sanctioned by House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, who oversees Democratic appointments on committees. Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia says the appointment "is somebody's idea of a bad joke." But it will no doubt convince some new voters in Mr. Condit's reconfigured district that he is still a major Washington player and an effective congressman. In July I was almost alone in predicting that Mr. Condit might survive the Levy imbroglio. In my column at the time, I wrote that he has "16 months to let memories fade before he must face all of the district's voters again. This assumes, of course, that there are no other dramatic revelations, and in particular that nothing ties him to Ms. Levy's disappearance surfaces." Some revelations were made, but Mr. Condit looks to still be following the Bill Clinton playbook and hoping that voters simply grow tired and "move on." So far, no one is challenging him in the Democratic primary and his new district is some eight points more Democratic than his old one, increasing his chances that he could survive a general election. His chances certainly are better than they were four weeks ago, and now it's unlikely that anything else will surface to link him to the Levy disappearance... opinionjournal.com With Dems, you always have to watch what they do and not what they say. They have bolstered Condit's chances for re-election markedly while maintaining their alleged distance.