"For the sake of the country . . . there has to be some
closure,"                                            Leon E. Panetta,
President Clinton's former chief of staff, said.

I read this in the  LA Times, but why is it so? Surely President Clinton is
in office until late January? Why the rush? Isn't it better to sort out the
irregulatities now and avoid a  presidency which would always be diminished
by doubtful authority?

One more question- is there some legal reason why the US does not have a
national Election Commission so there could be some a-political  organiser
of elections? This works in other countries

Anne Maureen
( a fascinated observer from Oz)



Anne Maureen Scarff
University of Western Sydney, Nepean
P.O. Box 10
KINGSWOOD NSW 2747 AUSTRALIA