1.   As Ford and Carter properly propose, a censure deal would likely require a pledge from Kenneth Starr to refrain from prosecuting Clinton once he left the White House.

2.   But below the level of generality, the speculators do not agree on just how a trial should be conducted, or what a workable censure deal would be.

3.   By reducing the Republican majority in the House, the voters gave Clinton the leverage to shop for a censure deal.

4.   Clinton has begun calling party leaders and Democrats in Congress to signal that he would be open to a censure deal.

5.   Democrats made clear that just like their House counterparts, they would prefer a quick censure deal.

6.   Does the Senate become the venue for a censure deal?

7.   He is confident that he will prevail in Senate trial if no censure deal is reached in advance, this friend said.

8.   He opposed any censure deal that would sidestep impeachment.

9.   If a censure deal, or some other compromise, is brokered, Democrats more than likely will hear about it first from Mooney.

10.   Nevertheless, several senators have suggested the Constitution requires them to carry through with a trial and not cut a censure deal with the president.