Election 2000: The Not-So-Invisible Man

DENNIS HASTERT, HOUSE SPEAKER

Last February a Gallup poll revealed that 66% of Americans could identify Regis Philbin as the host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, whereas only 6% were able to come up with the name of the Speaker of the House. That suits Dennis Hastert, congressional man of mystery to 94% of the population, just fine. "I don't want or need notoriety," he says. Too bad. It's coming. With a razor-thin Republican majority and House members on both sides of the aisle already in mid-tantrum over the presidential election, Hastert is not just about to become known; he could be all...

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