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From: Your closest advisor Re: The "R" Word Date: September 24, 1998 Dear Mr. President: Once impeachment hearings begin in the House Judiciary Committee your fate will be beyond your control. Right now, however, one decision still remains entirely within your power: whether to take your chances with impeachment and to stay in office, or to resign. In your joint press conference in mid-September with Czech President Vaclav Havel you said that it was "the right thing" for you to stay in office. Some congressional Democrats, however, have doubts if it's the right thing for them. In a recent meeting with White House staff, Senator Joseph Biden said that "some Democrats," himself not included, believed that the party would fare better in the November elections if you were to resign. James Moran, a Democratic Congressman from Virginia, is one of those Democrats. "There is clearly some hemorrhaging going on within the Democratic Party, within the Congress, and particularly within the country," he told Richard L. Berke of The New York Times. "And that hemorrhaging -- he's got to stanch the flow. I'm just not creative enough to think of a way other than resignation to do that." |
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You must decide, Mr. President, what is "the right thing" to do. What is right for
you and -- a different thing perhaps -- what is right for the country? Here are your options. It's your call. A: Stay in Office (Read a memo in favor of Option A.) B: Resign Now (Read a memo in favor of Option B.) Read the results of this poll, including the comments of the Presidents who decided this issue. Copyright © 1998 by The Atlantic Monthly Company. All rights reserved. |
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