Even by his talk-'til-they-drop standards, Bill Clinton was in danger of developing laryngitis. In less than a week the President had met with 30 different groups to build support for his embattled budget and had telephoned scores more. Yet he was still several votes short of a majority in the Senate. So as conferees from the House and Senate haggled over the remaining differences between their versions of the budget plan, the President scheduled more lunches, dinners and jogging dates with lawmakers.
For the third time in as many months, the President found himself scrounging for two or three votes for...
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