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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Lacelle who wrote (8413)	10/9/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

John, in case you missed this, here is something on the Democratic proposal: Message 5965746 Use the info., and skip the commentary if you want. :-) jbe

To: John Lacelle who wrote (8413)	10/9/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 67261

from today's NYT: A survey by the Democratic pollsters Stanley Greenberg and Celinda Lake, made public on the eve of the vote, concluded that most voters favor a Congressional inquiry but that Democratic candidates could be hurt by supporting the broader inquiry proposed by Republicans. "If this election is about Clinton and his behavior, we lose," said an official in the Democratic Congressional leadership, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "If it's about the partisan way the Congress has handled this, I think we do better." Indeed, the vote was no great triumph for the President: the reality is that 429 Representatives voted for an impeachment inquiry in one form or another -- and that Clinton is only the third President to be subjected to an inquiry that could lead to his removal from office. Asked whether the House action represented a victory for the White House, Rahm Emanuel, a senior adviser to the President, replied dryly, "I would not use that word." Pressing the point that there was little reason for jubilation at the White House, some Republicans went as far as to describe the voting as bipartisan. "This vote, in essence, was a bipartisan vote in the sense that everybody but five members -- all but five -- voted for some form of a resolution of inquiry," said Representative Bill McCollum, Republican of Florida. "And while we wish we could have been on the same sheet of music about the particulars, I think everybody recognizes the matters are serious." While no lawmaker rose to defend Clinton -- and many on both sides offered scathing criticism of his conduct -- the oratory from the two parties was strikingly different. nytimes.com