I called several by name, thanked them all, then gave them a full account of the record their hard work in that long-ago winter had made possible. Quayle was effective in staying on message: Clinton wanted to raise taxes and Bush wouldn’t; Clinton had no character and Bush did. It wasn’t done yet, but I began 1997 with more hope for the peace process than I’d had in months. We don’t have a person to waste.
After several moderate Republicans made clear that, based on the election results, impeachment was a dead issue, I had mixed feelings about the Speaker’s decision. Larry had been in the thick of all the major economic questions of the last six years, and he was ready. But the dignity with which you met the attacks, and your refusal to draw back from the belief that it is the responsibility The people in the crowd and millions like them had done their part.
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