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Late on Tuesday night, when the will of the voters can no longer be denied, it's a near-certain bet that Congressman Gary Condit will step to the podium, turn those big, round, hangdog eyes towards the cameras and concede that his political career is officially over. We can expect him to say all the predictable things, to thank his dutiful family for standing by him through months of crisis and also, perhaps, to snarl a few bitter words about what it is like to be crucified by the media. If we're lucky - and this bit will make fine TV ...

Disaster doesn't always bring out the best in us. Sometimes, tragically, it brings out the worst. A case in point: the finger-pointing in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, seeking to blame the atrocities on America's supposedly misguided support for Israel — and on Jewish Americans who supposedly manipulate the system to tilt our policy the wrong way. No, it's not a national groundswell. You hear it mainly on the margins, and if past experience is a guide, it will stay there. Still, the variety and persistence of the finger-pointers is startling: left-wing professors in California, right-wing fanatics ...

Anybody who read Paul Gigot's piece in the WSJ on Friday might like to check out this link. It's an example of the liberal's anti-Gore orthodoxy, which he will now have to overcome if he ants to get the nomination. Anyway, it's an interesting attack on Gore -- and a cry from the heart for someone to emerge as the Dems' next Great Hope. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2001/nf20010814_868.htm