The disappointment of Dick Armey. (House majority leader)(Lexington)(Brief Article)(Column)
Economist (US), The, March, 1998
THIS is a bad time to be a Republican. Bill Clinton has given a fresh twist to the principle that the accused is not guilty until proven otherwise: the more he is accused, it seems, the more innocent he is reckoned. Kenneth Starr, his prosecutor, has become the Republican who dominates the news; and each subpoena he issues makes his party seem meaner. Meanwhile the Republicans in Congress are a mess. The Senate majority leader, Trent Lott, is bland; the House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, is rumoured to be stepping down to make a hopeless presidential bid; and Mr Gingrich's deputy in the House is, well, Dick Armey.
On the face of it, the possibility of Mr Armey's succession to the speakership ought not to be disturbing. He has a life story with a made-for-politics...
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