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 Hastert of the House
* Speaker Denny Hastert will reach a hand across the aisle
today in his speech when he is sworn in. We need to watch
closely to see if the Democrats to take his hand or slap it.
* One of the things to look for as we move forward into the Hastert era, is the difference in styles
from Gingrich to Livingston to Hastert. Speaker Hastert will grant more authority to his Committee
Chairmen, but he will also require more responsibility of those same Committee Chairmen.
* Here’s the answer to the debate about whether the President should testify at his Senate trial:
Immediately following his State of the Union address on January 19th, open it up to questions.
* The White House has successfully maneuvered the Senate away from being on the brink of a
deal to short cut Bill Clinton’s Impeachment Trial to the point where the Senate will begin a trial
tomorrow and the conventional wisdom is it could go on for weeks – or even months.
* These guys went from Cigars and Bongos on election night to depending upon the finely tuned
inter-personal skills of David Kendall for the President’s survival.
* Speaking of David Kendall, although I think the world of Bill McCollum of Florida, am I the only
one who thinks he and Kendall may have been separated at birth?
* The White House will begin to complain – starting today – that The Trial will prevent the Senate
from doing the important work of the people. The Senate, whether in the hands of the Democrats
or Republicans, has never been known for sprinting off the mark in the first 90 days of a new
Congress.
* The geniuses at the State Department and the National Security Council have gotten caught
with their hands in the Rug Market in Baghad. According to published reports in the Washington
Post and the Boston Globe, the US was running a spy operation using some of the UNSCOM
personnel. I don’t care that we were spying on Saddam. My question is, how did this story get
out?
* Maureen Dowd gently picks on Elizabeth Dole for once referring to her husband as “Bob Dole.”
You may remember, during the 1992 Presidential campaign Bob Dole often referred to Elizabeth
Dole’s husband as “Bob Dole.”
* Here’s why the ruble has collapsed in Russia: The AP has reprinted a story out of the Moscow
Times which indicates a male orangutan at the St. Petersburg Zoo has gotten into hot water with
his spouse because, as part of some research project, he has been spending too much time
watching television. You know what the zookeepers were showing him? Videos on how to be a
good parent. Let’s get some copies and make you-know-who watch them. Hillary would be thrilled
to catch him watching TV.
* Yah, they’re celebrating in Minnesota today. Not because Jesse Ventura has been sworn in as
Governor, but because Lenny Gomulka’s Polka album, “Push It to the Limit," has been nominated
for a Grammy.
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