1.   As long as he remains president, this mess will not go away.

2.   But that said, it also seemed at times that just about every American wanted the whole mess to go away.

3.   Football in San Francisco was as divisive as the O.J. verdict, and they managed two Super Bowls while all the mess was going on.

4.   I wish the whole heartbreaking mess would go away.

5.   Naturally, we want this mess to go away.

6.   Once the Lewinsky mess went public, Bill Clinton was in hot water, as much at home as in Congress.

7.   The polls are yet to offer the slightest evidence the campaign finance mess is going to affect the outcome of the presidential election next Tuesday.

8.   This mess is going to take a long time to fix.