In The Hotline’s latest electoral scoreboard of state-by-state polls, George W. Bush leads Al Gore in 22 states worth 248 electoral votes, and Gore is on top in nine states worth 168 (270 are needed to win), with Bush showing strength in Michigan and Gore running well in Illinois and Washington State. … In seven election forecasts presented by computer modelers at American Political Science Association meeting, all predict Gore victory. . . . Of 103 million Americans expected to vote for president, about 5 million remain undecided, according to Bush and Gore strategists, reports New York Times. . . . “No clear favorite” in 19 House races, says Congressional Quarterly analysis. . . . Senate Republicans believe no net losses in November would be good outcome, and currently expect 54-Seat majority to slip by one or two seats. . . . Of eleven gubernatorial races this fall, six are considered tossups: Delaware, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, and West Virginia. Republicans currently hold 30-18 lead in governorships.
In Arkansas disbarment proceedings, President Clinton files papers saying loss of legal license for perjury would be “excessively harsh, impermissibly punitive, and unprecedented in the circumstances of this case.” . . . Clinton legal-defense fund receives $950,000 in first half of 2000, but remains $4 million short of paying off bills. . . . Hours after asking Monica Lewinsky to become corporate vice president, American Women Presidents, group urging election of woman as president or vice president, withdraws job offer amid backlash. … “I come from a place where barbecue is not food, it is a way of life,” says Clinton on trip to New York. “It is a philosophy of human nature. I have rarely had any as good as this.”
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