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It was no surprise that sharp-tongued Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, not Conyers, stood toe to toe with Hyde last Friday to lambaste Republicans' decision to release Clinton's videotaped grand-jury testimony. Conyers had wandered off before returning to the microphones to offer something about Watergate. Still, no one doubts that Conyers will say his piece once impeachment hearings begin. That prospect hardly cheers the President's supporters. But given the determined way Republicans are running the committee, even the most dynamic Democrat wouldn't be able to stop the impeachment onslaught. Of course, that's not exactly cheering news for Clinton defenders either.
--By Romesh Ratnesar. Reported by John F. Dickerson and Douglas Waller/Washington