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...TIME Washington correspondent Jef McAllister says Gore's critics shouldn't forget that his salute to "reformasi" Monday was plenty grounded in economic policy. It was Anwar's chumminess with the IMF that got him in trouble, he says, and it's Mahathir's nose-thumbing capital controls, not his long-time thuggery, that have the U.S. so riled. And notice that Mahathir's Asian counterparts were careful to stick up for APEC -- not Mahathir. "He's isolated himself so much from the rest of the region," says McAllister, "that the U.S. really doesn't have much to worry about...
...Bill Clinton's stead, Al Gore wasted no time in insulting his hosts, throwing U.S. support behind the "brave" protesters calling for Malaysian prime minister Mahathir's ouster. Malaysian trade minister Rafidah Aziz called it "the most disgusting speech I've heard in my life." But TIME Washington correspondent Jef McAllister says Mahathir's is one carpet the U.S. won't stop urinating...
...With relentless self-promotion, Clinton has managed to put his face on this surplus, as well as on the economic boom," says TIME deputy Washington bureau chief Jef McAllister. "Despite what Republicans say, he'll probably get the credit." Early reports from the Hill also suggest that the face-off between Republican proposals for a broad income-tax cut and Clinton's mantra of "save Social Security first" is tipping in the President's favor. "If we squander this surplus," Clinton said Wednesday, "what are we going to do when times get tough?" Just keep talking about the economy, stupid...
...Jef McAllister, deputy Washington bureau chief and a lawyer, shared with Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon the task of analyzing the legal case. Says Shannon: " I cover agents, cops and prosecutors, so I talk to people who have seen a lot worse than anything in the Starr report." She relayed the sentiments of one veteran law-enforcement official: "There's almost nothing in the report that hasn't happened in the Hoover building...
...brief? Not repentant enough? Everyone's got an opinion about Bill Clinton's five-minute mea culpa, but a sharp divide is beginning to emerge between outraged pundits and the scandal-fatigued public. "The President was angrier and less contrite than anyone had expected," says TIME Washington correspondent Jef McAllister. "Most commentators were surprised that he didn't really apologize, went out of his way to deny committing perjury and attacked Ken Starr. Many people inside the Beltway will see his performance as almost arrogant, but the public is sick enough of the whole thing to accept...