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Editorials Deride Senate for Closing Doors
By Ryan Thornburg
Washingtonpost.com Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 1999;
Updated 2:05 p.m. EST
If newspaper editorial writers are divided in their opinions about what should happen to President Clinton, they are fairly unified on the Senate's vote on Tuesday to close the doors on final impeachment deliberations.
"There's Faubus and there's Wallace and there's Wilson and now here is Pataki."
– Jesse Jackson on New York Gov. George Pataki (R). (The Times Union, Feb. 10) Jackson told the AP today that he did not mean to imply that Pataki is a racist.
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• In Voting for Secrecy, Senate Serving Only Itself (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Feb. 10)
• The Senate Shuts the Door (St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Feb. 10)
• The Senate Shuts Out The Public (The Hartford Courant, Feb. 10)
• Hiding in the Dark (The Miami Herald, Feb. 10)
Republicans Jockeying to Take on Feinstein in 2000
Rep. Chris Cox (R-Calif.) said he would not run for the Senate seat held by Democrat Dianne Feinstein, but Rep. James Rogan (R-Calif.), a House impeachment manager who deposed White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, may still take a shot.
• Feinstein Loses One Possible GOP Opponent, Gains Another (San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 10)
Ryan Thornburg can be reached at ryan.thornburg@washingtonpost.com
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