He's somebody else who owes an awful lot to Newt Gingrich, I think, because, in fact, what's happened is the Republicans have tried to do something which is very rare in politics which is govern from the Congress. I mean, with the active opposition of the White House, without that bully pulpit, without somebody to get the TV cameras every day and with all of the intramural rivalries and petty thiefdoms that you usually get in a Congress, and Bob Dole has hitched his wagon to that agenda. In a way, he's turned himself from a kind of mere legislator to somebody who is co-leader now of the attempt in Congress to implement this agenda. It protected him from any attacks in the presidential race from his right. That's where he's weakest.
Some people think that was the biggest story.
Well, Colin Powell turned out, in a way, it was a wonderful story, and I think in some respects, the fact that he declared himself to be a Republican was remarkable, considering his background. You know, there were a lot of Republicans last November, despite their victory, who said, without the White House, you can't do anything, let's play everything for '96, and then we can do something in '97. They said, well, we've got to deliver on some of what we pledged we'd do. I think the Colin Powell story was a big story. It was a big story because I think when Colin Powell withdrew, with him went the chances of this being a big election, a big defining election.