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

To: one_less who wrote (30492)	1/28/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 67261

Partisan Parade in the Capitol Corridors nytimes.com Then, from a less reputable source, on clearly less relevant matters, source, we have this: "I'm just kind of listening to see what their spin is," Craig replied. He spoke with a tone of casualness that, for all the day's evidence and talk of division, was exhibited by many senators -- an absence of the rage that marked the House's impeachment performance. This mood, more than all the day's combative words and rapprochement negotiations, may have been the best grounds for optimism that the Senate might eventually try to provide a sense of class by the closing gavel of the trial. Almost dreamily, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, envisioned a "glidepath" toward that goal, even as he delivered the morning news conference salvo against the Democrats' opposition to fresh depositions of witnesses. As he waited for an elevator afterward, Senator McConnell, too, was casual, almost genial, in his criticism of the opposition. He found some comfort in the trial's 19th century strictures that have forced all 100 Senators to deliberate regularly behind closed doors. Two hours later, the senators reconvened amid the trappings of the impeachment court. Their party divide was coldly tallied in the two votes. Eventually, the majority leader, Senator Trent Lott, announced an overnight effort at negotiating some cooperation with the Democrats. "Stay tuned," said Senator Dodd as he headed back to his office. He speculated on various scenarios already being freshly rumored as a way for the Senate to reach judgment day for the President without compounding their constituents' sense of scandal over factional delays. He shrugged. "Anything I'm saying to you has the lifespan of a nanosecond," he said, leaving the trial behind for a bit. Watch out for that McConnell guy, though. He's the one that pumped unlimited money into Mark Neumann's campaign in Nov. , trying to defeat hero of the moment Feingold. "Whatever it takes" Mike Wittenwyler, Feingold's campaign manager, speaks of a "vendetta" by McConnell against Feingold. A Republican lobbyist in Washington said confidently that "Mitch will spend what it takes in Wisconsin." And a Republican senator said McConnell had told him recently: "Don't worry about campaign reform. Feingold's going to be dead meat by Christmas." (nyt, 10/23/98) Maybe somebody should ask McConnell what he thinks of the Lazarus of meats these days.