What group might be willing, or against to vote impeachment, who might come that morning. Met jim mann and talked to him for the first time. Waldon flowers and talked to him time. E first and Caldwell Butler and we met at that point and said is there we really allthat of us could agree on. Either an constitute process, abuse of say, and we went through all of the evidence that pretty convincing knew think at that point i who was voting for and who least their inclination and we went public respectivey with our speeches. You were a 34yearold from maine and a republican so a member of your by party facing impeachment a committee you served on. It was not a happy moment. Distressed through the. I knew it would be the most beortant decision i would called upon to make. I tried to be as well prepared as i could. The previous six years, three as a prosecutor, three as a defense attorney so my focus and analyzinge the evidence without regard to oritical affiliation hadisan affiliation and i s
Me begin by saying that you, mr. Chairman, i think, in a rather difficult assignment although i havent agreed with you on many occasions, i think he wouldve handled herself very well. I can say for the most members of the committee, that during the six months, the seven weeks of looking through the 38 volumes of evidence, the listening to the live witnesses morning, afternoon, and night that i can be proud of my judiciary colleagues, most of them. Leaks,badly about the the selective leaks, some of which i think the newspapers made a mistake in playing. I know they have a job to get the news. Let me say, mr. Chairman, i used to like to be on the House Judiciary Committee when we were worried about legal reform juvenile quincy. Delinquency. Trying to improve things that needed improving. Im about to reconsider my assignment, not a we have had amnesty, abortion, impeachment, and now a bomb threat. Those say that im one of who has agonized over this particular inquiry. I think it would be
Ertnst ahead by seven points over bruce braley. The Gold Standard poll in iowa. President ial campaigns wait with bated breath and the polls that conducted it said it looks like this race is decided, but at the same time, the average of all the polls in average has urged ahead by more than two points. Thats factoring in this new poll. The importance of the outcome of the race in iowa for the battle of control of the senate is being driven home this morning by harry reid who said in a new interview if iowa does go to the republicans, hes out as his job as majority leader. What joni ernst would mean that Mitch Mcconnell would be the head of the senate. Think what that would mean for our country. Those are harry reids words there. The democrat bruce braley and defining ad in the campaign, one in which she boasted over a bill and clinton described that as both a positive and a negative. Said she wanted to take herrer cutting skills to washington and make them squeal. That sounds good. But