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By Ryan Thornburg
Washingtonpost.com Staff
Friday, February 26, 1999

As Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.) advocated "tolerance and compromise" in his final speech on the House floor, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke predicted he would win the race to replace the retiring Livingston because, "In this race we don’t have to worry about that black bloc vote."

"I told [Hillary] that I thought that Arizona was a mirror to the future, and she agreed. But she said that the main reason it's a mirror to the future is that the women are in charge out there." – President Clinton, to a Tucson crowd. ( The Arizona Republic, Feb. 26) .

• 'Mainstream' David Duke Predicts 1st District Win (The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Feb. 26)
• Livingston Urges Compromise In Farewell Talk (The Advocate, Feb. 26)
• Livingston's Farewell Speech (The Advocate, Feb. 26)

Presidential Paths Run From Ariz. to Calif.
President Clinton paid a visit to Tucson, Ariz., Thursday before heading to California for a fund-raiser. Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sought support in Silicon Valley last week. Former vice president Dan Quayle, another Republican presidential candidate and Arizona resident, wrote a column in Thursday's Los Angeles Times using Clinton's impeachment trial as a rallying cry for social conservatism.
• Tucson Gets a Visit From President (The Arizona Republic, Feb. 26)
• A Clinton Kind of Town (The Arizona Republic, Feb. 26)
• Clinton's New Campaign (San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 26)
• Independent-Minded McCain Seeks California Support in 2000 (San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 25)
• Social and Fiscal Conservatism Can Coexist (Dan Quayle in the L.A. Times, Feb. 25)

Speculation 2000: Senate Signs in N.Y., N.J., Minn.
New Jersey Democrats are lining up their bids for the Senate seat Frank Lautenberg (D) is vacating. Rep. Frank Pallone and former governor Jim Florio have formed exploratory committees. Rep. Robert Menendez is also considering a bid.
• Pallone First to Make Move for Senate Seat (The Record, Bergen, N.J., Feb. 24)
• Florio Takes a Step Toward Bid for Lautenberg's Senate Seat (The Inquirer, Philadelphia, Feb. 24)

Hillary Clinton has gotten some discouraging signs as she considers running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.). Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) advised her to move slowly on a decision, while some folks back "home" in Little Rock, Ark., are a little miffed that the city is using money from a parks bond to help build a presidential library when the Clintons might not end up living there.
• Schumer Tells First Lady Not to Rush Senate Decision (The Times-Union, Albany, N.Y., Feb. 26)
• Still Thinking It Over (Newsday, Feb. 25)
• Clintons' Residence Plans Fuel Library's Critics (Dallas Morning News, Feb. 26)

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson said Thursday that he is "seriously considering" challenging Republican Sen. Rod Grams next year.
• Peterson May Run Against Grams (The Star-Tribune, Feb. 26)

Ryan Thornburg can be reached at ryan.thornburg@washingtonpost.com