Bill Clinton: “Believe it or not--well, and you would expect that. I mean, he's a very impressive man, and he's gotten a lot of very…”

“Believe it or not--well, and you would expect that. I mean, he's a very impressive man, and he's gotten a lot of very favorable publicity, much of it very well deserved. And so that's just a part of it. But I have no control over that. What I have to do is to do the job the people gave me. And I really believe, in the world we're living in, with so much change going on and people being bombarded from all sides with so much information, people like me who are in office should not worry so much about being popular. We ought to do what we think is right for the long run and then hope--believe the election can be our friend. Because only when the election starts do people really begin to focus on it. Public's Mistrust of Government Mr. King. Are you, though, concerned about this apparent feeling in the country--Powell said it the other night on my television show--a plague on both the Houses, the Democrats, the Republicans. Bill Bradley is a classic example--he leaves the Senate. What's going on? Both parties seem to be in disfavor.”