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Clinton hints that he may run for
Senate
FROM DAMIAN WHITWORTH
IN WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT CLINTON,
entering his final year in office,
suggested yesterday that there
could be a twist or two left in the
extraordinary story of his political
life. In playful mood, he said that
while he had no "Denis Thatcher
issues" about taking a back seat as
his wife ran for the Senate, he
might just join her on Capitol Hill.
Mr Clinton said in a television
interview that he hoped to model
his future on John Quincy Adams,
the 19th-century President who
became a distinguished member of
the House of Representatives.
Mr Clinton's spokesman was
dismissive last year of a report in
which the President was described as "non-committal but
interested" in running for the Senate from his native
Arkansas. In 2002 one of the state's two senators, the
Republican Tim Hutchinson, is up for re-election. If Mr
Clinton challenged him, he would be following the example
of Andrew Johnson, the only other President to be
impeached, who went on to become a senator from
Tennessee.
In his NBC interview, Mr Clinton was asked if he had
thought about following Adams in entering Congress - the
legislature comprising the House and Senate. Mr Clinton said
initially that he had not. But then he could not help himself.
"I'm very grateful to John Quincy Adams for going back to
Congress," he said. "He's one of my heroes for an
ex-President. He is reported to have said there's nothing as
pathetic in life as an ex-President. But he turned out to be
wrong about himself. He served eight terms in Congress."
Mr Clinton joked that if Mrs Clinton won a seat in the
Senate, "having one person in my family in Congress at a
time is probably quite enough, although I might get to see her
more if I did that. That might be something I ought to think
about."
There has been much speculation about how Mr Clinton
would cope if his wife were in the limelight and he had to be
in the background. But he said: "I'm thrilled about it. I am so
excited. I'm very happy and I'm very proud of my wife for
taking it on."
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
Clinton hints that he may run for
Senate
FROM DAMIAN WHITWORTH
IN WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT CLINTON,
entering his final year in office,
suggested yesterday that there
could be a twist or two left in the
extraordinary story of his political
life. In playful mood, he said that
while he had no "Denis Thatcher
issues" about taking a back seat as
his wife ran for the Senate, he
might just join her on Capitol Hill.
Mr Clinton said in a television
interview that he hoped to model
his future on John Quincy Adams,
the 19th-century President who
became a distinguished member of
the House of Representatives.
Mr Clinton's spokesman was
dismissive last year of a report in
which the President was described as "non-committal but
interested" in running for the Senate from his native
Arkansas. In 2002 one of the state's two senators, the
Republican Tim Hutchinson, is up for re-election. If Mr
Clinton challenged him, he would be following the example
of Andrew Johnson, the only other President to be
impeached, who went on to become a senator from
Tennessee.
In his NBC interview, Mr Clinton was asked if he had
thought about following Adams in entering Congress - the
legislature comprising the House and Senate. Mr Clinton said
initially that he had not. But then he could not help himself.
"I'm very grateful to John Quincy Adams for going back to
Congress," he said. "He's one of my heroes for an
ex-President. He is reported to have said there's nothing as
pathetic in life as an ex-President. But he turned out to be
wrong about himself. He served eight terms in Congress."
Mr Clinton joked that if Mrs Clinton won a seat in the
Senate, "having one person in my family in Congress at a
time is probably quite enough, although I might get to see her
more if I did that. That might be something I ought to think
about."
There has been much speculation about how Mr Clinton
would cope if his wife were in the limelight and he had to be
in the background. But he said: "I'm thrilled about it. I am so
excited. I'm very happy and I'm very proud of my wife for
taking it on."
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!