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What happens after that and how we are viewed by others is beyond our control. If the three of them were still there negotiating then, they would be in much greater danger from the mob. The National Rifle Association was sure to fight the bill, but they were down a little from their high-water mark in 1994. I replaced him with Doug Sosnik, the White House political director, who was almost as aggressive as Rahm, understood politics and

l Cem, were young, forward-looking leaders who were working together for a common future—the only course that made sense. By the third day of the convention, a national poll showed me in first place, with a double-digit lead over President Bush. Although they talked about Saddam as if he were the devil himself, some of the Republicans were in a snit over the attacks. Unfortunately, the good news was dwarfed by what was happening in Bosnia.