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President Clinton, on contention by NRA’s Wayne LaPierre that he has “blood on his hands” for not enforcing existing gun laws: “I got a little tickled over the weekend when they got a little rough with me. I mean, I have so much scar tissue now, I can’t even feel it. So it’s totally immaterial to me what they say. And that should not be an issue for any of you.”

Rasmussen Research’s state’by-state poll of 25,000 likely voters shows George W Bush edging Vice President Gore in electoral-college count, 207-198, with 133 still considered tossups. . . . Poll’s big surprise is Gore leading Bush in Florida, 43 percent to 37 percent. . . . Gore began March with more cash than Bush, for first time in presidential race. . . . Washington Post unearths Gore’s Harvard transcript, discovers he earned a D in natural-sciences class on “Mans Place in Nature,” a C+ in senior-year natural-sciences course, and an IQ score of 134. . . . Left-wing House Democrats, led by Rep. David Bonior (Mich.), urge Gore to pick Rep. Bob Menendez (N.J.) as running mate. . . . Days after Gore campaign announced endorsement by John McCain’s “Mississippi state director,” New York Times reveals McCain never had one. . . . Gore on campaign-finance reform: “I may be an imperfect messenger for this cause.” . . . Gore campaign aide arrested for drunk driving in Nashville tells police officer she works for vice president, threatens to report officer to U.S. district attorney, says Tennessean.

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President Clinton, on contention by NRA’s Wayne LaPierre that he has “blood on his hands” for not enforcing existing gun laws: “I got a little tickled over the weekend when they got a little rough with me. I mean, I have so much scar tissue now, I can’t even feel it. So it’s totally immaterial to me what they say. And that should not be an issue for any of you.”

Rasmussen Research’s state’by-state poll of 25,000 likely voters shows George W Bush edging Vice President Gore in electoral-college count, 207-198, with 133 still considered tossups. . . . Poll’s big surprise is Gore leading Bush in Florida, 43 percent to 37 percent. . . . Gore began March with more cash than Bush, for first time in presidential race. . . . Washington Post unearths Gore’s Harvard transcript, discovers he earned a D in natural-sciences class on “Mans Place in Nature,” a C+ in senior-year natural-sciences course, and an IQ score of 134. . . . Left-wing House Democrats, led by Rep. David Bonior (Mich.), urge Gore to pick Rep. Bob Menendez (N.J.) as running mate. . . . Days after Gore campaign announced endorsement by John McCain’s “Mississippi state director,” New York Times reveals McCain never had one. . . . Gore on campaign-finance reform: “I may be an imperfect messenger for this cause.” . . . Gore campaign aide arrested for drunk driving in Nashville tells police officer she works for vice president, threatens to report officer to U.S. district attorney, says Tennessean.