President Clinton, on celebrity fundraising visit to the Hamptons: “If it weren’t for the Twenty-Second Amendment, I’d give the American people another chance to elect or defeat me because I believe in what we’re doing.” . . . New survey by pollster John Zogby shows ex-Pres. George Bush winning a re-run of 1992 election against Clinton by 48.9 to 41.3 per cent. Bob Dole still loses re-run of 1996 race. . . . Déjà vu from Gennifer Flowers’s 1992 adultery allegations? N.H. Democratic Party chief Jeff Woodburn, on Clinton plans to visit Granite State: “He’s got a very special feeling about the people of this state and how they stuck with him through some very tough times.” . . . Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, on New Zealand visit: “One of my role models, Xena the Warrior Princess, comes from here.” . . . Americans for Tax Reform chief Grover Norquist suggests new strategy to promote media debate over Social Security privatization: “Social Security: Will it be there for Monica Lewinsky?” . . . In New Yorker, ex-Sen. Bob Packwood tells Katie Roiphe that Clinton called him the night after his resignation: “Bob, I know how hard this is for you, and I admire your courage.” (Come to think of it, their method of seduction does take courage.)
Harris poll: 24 per cent of Republicans support Colin Powell for President in 2000; 20 per cent favor Texas Gov. George W. Bush. If Powell doesn’t run, Bush has big lead over other contenders. Mason-Dixon poll of likely Iowa caucus voters has Bush and Steve Forbes neck and neck. . . .In Alabama, George Wallace Jr. runs as Republican for Public Service Commissioner. In Oklahoma, J. C. Watts Sr. runs as Democrat for Labor Commissioner.
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