'Six-pack' Clinton Stops Keeping up With the Joneses

WASHINGTON: As President, Bill Clinton is happy he no longer has the Paula Jones case to contend with. As a person, he's irked that her claims of harassment were never aired before a jury. In an exclusive interview with TIME managing editor Walter Isaacson, Clinton said: "If I were just a private citizen, Joe Six-pack, I would have mixed feelings about not getting a chance to disprove these allegations in court."

Joe Six-pack may get that chance yet. In one of the strongest indications that Paula would move for an appeal, husband Steve told TIME: "This is not over by a long shot. We'll fight until the last day. It's an injustice, a travesty." His wife is mulling a return to court, and her final decision will reportedly be made this week.

In the meantime, Clinton's presidential alter ego is making a very conspicuous bid to get back to work. He kicked off five days of policy pronouncements Monday with an executive order on gun control. "The atmosphere at the White House is very different," says TIME White House correspondent Karen Tumulty, who toured with the Clintons in Africa. "They feel they can go out and remind people what he used to do before the scandals started." That's just what Paula Jones was trying to do, too.