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Article: Friends in need. (relationship between Pres Clinton and Democrats in Congress and Richard Gephardt in particular due to Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- October 12, 1998
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###Gloria Borger
It was late in the evening, West Coast time, and the jet-lagged Democratic Party leaders just wanted some sleep. Their big-ticket L.A. fund-raiser declared a success (Madonna dropped by!), House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Senate counterpart Tom Daschle were ready to exit. That is, until the president pulled them aside and, for the next half-hour, briefed them--in intricate detail--on his interpretation of the polls. My approval ratings are up; the country doesn't want to impeach me, a frustrated president explained, incredulous that some Democrats have shied from defending him. Don't the members read the polls? To the leaders, it was a ...