On the Prowl
ON THE PROWL I'm Outta Here Ever since the Lewinsky matter became public, President Clinton has been virtually cut off from his longtime confidant and golfing partner Vernon Jordan, who is also...
...Kehoe reported taking in a little more than $200,000...
...The American Spectator regrets this error, and we apologize to Mr...
...Currently, Republicans hold an ii-seat majority, and were expecting to widen that margin this election cycle —particularly since history is supposed to be on their side in the sixth year of the presidency of someone from the other party...
...Metcalf's campaign explained that their man had not yet done extensive fundraising back home, and that the House Republican Campaign Committee had 14 June 1998 • The American Spectator not yet provided him with promised funds...
...o Easy Rider Every time President Clinton visits Latin America the environment takes a hit...
...On the first day of the Santiago meetings, it was announced that Clinton and the other attending leaders had approved a human rights agreement that would provide greater protections to journalists, and called for a free press in the region based on the U.S...
...Gorbachev to put the wall back up...
...After he left, the owner changed the name of the wiener to the "Clinton Dog...
...But while each has spoken warmly of the other in public since the outbreak, Jordan wasn't ready to be seen with his old friend when both attended a Leadership Conference on Civil Rights reception honoring Stephen Spielberg...
...Representatives of the Chilean government had asked the White House if the president wouldn't mind using a helicopter for trips around Santiago...
...Frei Press Deputy White House Press Secretary Barry Toiv must think his boss is out to get him...
...Later that same day, Toiv had to tell the traveling White House press corps that it would be barred from attending Clinton's meeting with Chilean President Eduardo Frei...
...The DNC is now telling people that Democrats have a virtual lock on the seat, because there's no Republican in the district who can step in and run without Watkins's endorsement...
...There are too many bad memories on the island that could be resurrected by the press, for instance his souvenir shopping for Monica Lewinsky," said a White House staffer familiar with the discussions...
...The reason: traffic is so congested, it would be difficult to clear the streets...
...Jack Metcalf...
...Eventually, Toiv announced that one pool representative could attend, but would have to agree to stand in the back and not ask any questions...
...When asked by reporters why, Toiv said he didn't know, but would get back to them...
...At closing-day ceremonies, as more than a hundred official limos waited outside, engines idling, Clinton regaled the thirty-three other leaders in attendance with a 45-minutes discourse on the importance of education and environmental threats to Latin America...
...Brian Bilbray by 2 to 1, according to the FEC filings...
...How about Reno, Nevada...
...The first draft is said to have been written by none other than Cold War softie Sidney Blumenthal...
...He says he really believes that if they can't hold some of the seats like Watkins's they might lose the House...
...model...
...When the RNC recently polled 1,000 likely voters who identified themselves as "nonpartisan" on whom they would support for president in the year 2000, zo percent said they would vote for George Bush...
...He didn't say goodbye to Spielberg, and he was o standing right next to him before he walked out...
...In San Diego, city councilwoman Christine Kehoe has out-raised Rep...
...To add insult to injury, Watkins is now saying he will endorse a Democrat for the seat...
...Fall Time As if a mid-April meeting with state party leaders didn't leave the Republican National Committee already concerned about this year's congressional prospects, in late April came unexpected news that two key Republicans were retiring...
...The national parties are expecting it will take more than $1 million to win each race...
...That didn't get Toiv off the hook—throughout the trip he was pestered by reporters asking whether Clinton would give them a press conference...
...But that didn't keep Clinton from finding time to grab lunch at a Santiago fast-food restaurant, where he consumed an estimated four hot dogs and a Diet Coke...
...airlift during the USSR's infamous blockade of the old German capital...
...Also, the Summit would be sending a message about the environment, and a 12-car motorcade spewing exhaust in the Santiago heat would not exactly set a good example...
...He told me that right now their best-case scenario was picking up five seats," says the supporter who asked the question...
...ON THE PROWL I'm Outta Here Ever since the Lewinsky matter became public, President Clinton has been virtually cut off from his longtime confidant and golfing partner Vernon Jordan, who is also enmeshed in the scandal...
...Toiv would respond that the president didn't have time, that his schedule was completely booked with meetings...
...It's like we're kicking back and thinking we have a smooth ride to election day," said an RNC source...
...Then came word from House Rules Committee chairman Gerald Solomon Correction Last month's On the Prowl incorrectly reported that Fulton County (Georgia) Commission chairman Mitch Skandalakis is "running for Georgia lieutenant governor as a supporter of partial-birth abortions, homosexual partner benefits and marriages, and tax increases to fund new state social programs...
...Last year his aides ordered the paving of an ancient rain forest to make his walk a little easier to a scenic podium for a speech in Costa Rica (TAS, July i997...
...In fact, Mr...
...But when the poll takers informed these likely voters that the candidate in question was not the former president, but George W. Bush, governor of Texas, numbers for the younger Bush plummeted by thirteen points to 7 percent...
...In Washington state Gretha Cammermeyer, a decorated Vietnam veteran, is drawing strong financial support from national women's and gay rights groups in her race against Rep...
...But according to a White House press aide, the decision to keep reporters away had been made in White House meetings before the trip, out of fear that Clinton would be peppered with Lewinsky questions...
...The speech will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the U.S...
...Junior For popular Texas Governor George W. Bush, name recognition may not be all it's cracked up to be...
...Ich Bin Ein Big Mac Ever mindful of leaders he loves to imitate—Kennedy and Reagan — President Clinton plans to make a major "foreign policy address" in front of what's left of the Berlin Wall when he travels to Germany this summer...
...The Editorsof New York and Oklahoma's Wes Watkins that they would not seek re-election, throwing more wrenches into RNC plans...
...Skandalakis is not running as a supporter of any of these policies...
...John Shadegg, general chairman of GOPAC, didn't sugarcoat matters...
...Skandalakis and his campaign...
...Closely Watched In a pair of closely watched West Coast races, two lesbians are poised to capture House seats from two Class of '94 Republicans...
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...Now there's been his April sojourn to the Summit of the Americas in Santiago, Chile...
...No way the traveling press could agree to that, and in the end none of its members attended the ostensibly "open" event...
...When asked at the recent GOPAC meeting in Atlantax about Republican prospects, Rep...
...But a corporate government affairs director in attendance says Jordan seemed to grow wary when it was announced that Clinton had arrived...
...He definitely wanted out of the room, and he and a colleague left through a side exit without even staying to see the president arrive," says the witness...
...A six-term Democrat before switching parties after 1994, he won re-election in 1996—but by the smallest margin of his career: Oklahoma's third district is almost 2-1 Democrat...
...At the mid-April meeting, held at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington, state party chairmen reported that fundraising was going well, but then they heard that internal polling of House races around the country was showing continued weaknesses across the board, particularly for 31 open House seats, where no announced Republican candidate had a lead that exceeded the poll's five percent margin of error...
...According to Federal Election Commission filings for January-March, Cammermeyer has raised more than $250,000 to Metcalf's $94,000...
...We have the money, but we don't seem to have the motivation yet...
...Suddenly, This Summer The Clintons have told their staff that they would like to return to Martha's Vineyard for their vacation this summer, but advisers to the president, particularly chief of staff Erskine Bowles and counselor Paul Begala, are said to be pressing their man to look elsewhere, perhaps Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the first family vacationed two years ago...
...Republicans are most troubled by Watkins's retirement...
...From a PR perspective, they'd all prefer a different vacation venue...
...The White House chose not to use a helicopter, and the Chilean government was forced to close all schools for the conference's final day and declare a national holiday to ease traffic concerns...
...Will he call on Mr...
...At last count, 33 House members have announced their retirement: 17 Republicans and 16 Democrats...
...Jordan arrived at the function and circulated through the room, shaking hands and posing for pictures with Spielberg...
...Bilbray raised close to $100,000, though he still has more cash in the bank than his competitor...
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