Several other Presidents had used it, too. primaries, and the state whose votes had officially put me over the top at our convention in New York. The “to do” list was growing. The other leaders had been very supportive of my initiatives over eight years, and we had accomplished a lot together.
Fred had heart problems that required him to stay indoors a lot. At any rate, I continued to keep the option alive. I turned to Al Gore, who was sitting in his customary seat behind me, explained the problem, and asked him to get George Stephanopoulos to fix it. My friend John Breaux, who had helped me restore the New Democrat image of the administration after the ’94 election and was a staunch foe of impeachment, was overwhelmingly reelected in Louisiana.
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