As he has so often, to the very end, Clinton pushed other news aside. The leading Pentecostal preacher of the 80s, she recalled, was televangelist Jim Bakker. Democrats may not like Ashcroft's record but they found it hard to argue with his answers. Federal agencies are leaving Washington, headed for the suburbs. They just do not feel safe any longer.
Today there are more technology workers than federal employees.
Those bankruptcies and bailouts landed the new First Brother Neil Bush in the hot seat.