He is up in the polls. The news from the markets and Wall Street is all good. A huge supply of Band-Aids is at the ready for the casualty of the day. The troops have prepared answers for every question, whether it concerns Whitewater, or immigration. Real tears are shed on command.
Platitudes fall from the lips like ad slogans on TV - There is a never ending supply.
Still, there is the trust thing that lies in the corner and stinks like dead fish rotting in the sun. Dole s campaign smells the stench, and mistakes it for last year s character issue. The pundits are so inured to the smell of garbage that they take no notice - yet, it is there. Cave Man Bill s policies in San Francisco. Civil Libertarians question mis-use of FBI files and investigative powers.