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...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...
Bill Clinton gets to take a couple of weeks off to recover from that 4-hour grilling on Monday, but for Ken Starr's grand jury it's just another day at the office. Thursday, the select 23 could once again hear testimony from Monica Lewinsky, and possibly even Clinton pal Bruce Lindsey. Presumably, Monica will be asked to fill in any gaps left after the President's testimony...
...Starr may indeed have more than that. But in private, White House staffers have reserved their unequivocal denials for the subornation issue -- a rare degree of confidence for that demoralized bunch -- and a sign that perhaps, after all those subpoenas, Ken Starr may not have enough to beat out the power of one Clinton confessional...
...Right now, the political will to impeach is still very limited among Republicans," says TIME congressional correspondent James Carney. "So if the President concedes some sort of sexual relationship with Monica -- and if Ken Starr doesn't have too strong a case on obstruction of justice, Clinton will be fine." But that's going to mean admitting to perjury as well, says Carney, or it just won't fly. If Bill confesses, "then tries to thread the needle on the definition of sex, a lot of Democrats will abandon him. He's got to give his party something redeeming...
...terse speech of less than five minutes, Clinton admitted a great many things -- a "not appropriate" relationship with Lewinsky, something close to perjury in the Jones case -- but he drew the line at details, and he drew the line at the issue of suborning perjury. Then he dared Ken Starr to come...