31.   Suddenly in control of every Senate committee, they readily scheduled hearings and prepared investigations on issues their Republican predecessors had steered around.

32.   Clinton joked that he and Bush, his Republican predecessor in the White House, would be aiming strictly for the center.

33.   Faced with a total impasse in trade negotiations, the president adopted the more pragmatic stance of his Republican predecessor.

34.   Unlike his two Republican predecessors, Ronald Reagan and George Bush, Clinton is pro-abortion.

35.   President Bill Clinton and his Republican predecessors Gerald Ford and George Bush offered birthday wishes to their celebrated colleague.