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To: Clappy who wrote (4985)	8/21/2002 5:31:23 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

<<...Perhaps he should co-host it with Phil Donahue...>> Clapster: Anythings possible...Clinton's NEVER been worried about 'cheapening an image' before <G>...For close to $50 Million/year I'm sure he'd do quite a few different things.

To: Clappy who wrote (4985)	8/22/2002 1:15:40 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Heeere's Bill Editorial The New York Times August 22, 2002 The concept of a Bill Clinton talk show sounds not so much like a good idea or a bad idea as an inevitable idea. It's been a long time since the nation had to cope with a relatively young and extremely energetic ex-president, and unlike Theodore Roosevelt this one does not appear interested in big-game hunting or third parties. The traditional route along the highly profitable speakers' circuit seems to be boring him, and he is showing no signs of flinging himself into good works the way Jimmy Carter did. If Mr. Clinton is yearning for a meld — a job in which he can express concern about the nation's problems while making oodles of money — talk of TV talk was bound to follow. As a New York Times article by Bill Carter and David Kirkpatrick revealed, discussions between Mr. Clinton's surrogates and network representatives about an afternoon talk show have been under way, first at NBC and more recently at CBS. Although the exact format of the show has apparently never been nailed down, the price tag is a lot clearer — $30 million to $50 million a year. Liberals have never been very successful at the talk show format, a problem currently being underlined by Phil Donahue's faltering comeback attempt on MSNBC. Conservatives may run the American government these days, but they still have a knack for playing the irreverent outsider on the air. It's hard to imagine Mr. Clinton as an irreverent outsider, but perhaps he's thinking about an Oprah-type format in which he can feel the guests' pain. Perhaps he can develop a new genre entirely. (One NBC executive said the Clinton forces, led by Harry Thomason, the omnipresent Hollywood producer, had described "a talk show but a weird talk show; they wanted a public affairs show, but there might be a band.") The idea of a former president wading into the audience with a microphone actually doesn't seem all that shocking. Mr. Clinton did that sort of thing when he was running for office. Besides, it's hard to think of any unthinkable career path for a man who has already experienced the trajectory from the White House to the Senate spouses' club. nytimes.com