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CBS News executives must be as nervous as pigs in a packing plant wondering when DAN RATHER, their folksy-talking anchor, will next make headlines. Just last week the Washington Post's front page reported that Rather, 69, was the keynote speaker at a Texas Democratic fund raiser last month that brought in $20,000 for the Travis County Democratic Party. (CBS News, like most news outlets, forbids involvement in such events.) Rather pleaded ignorance, even though daughter Robin, who may run for mayor of Austin, was the event's co-host. He later said he had made "an embarrassing and regrettable error in judgment." So will the newsman admit to liberal leanings? To use a Ratherism, you could sooner expect a tall, talking broccoli stick to offer to mow your lawn for free.