"The Republicans tried to bring [scandals] up and it failed politically," said Clinton-Gore campaign spokesperson Douglas Hattaway Tuesday. "Millions of dollars were spent on showboat hearings that accomplished nothing."
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said yesterday the GOP will investigate accusations of illegal financial contributions to the Democrats.
"We have a responsibility in a variety of ways to take a look at what appears to be wrongdoing," he said.
Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who chaired the Senate panel that probed into Clinton's Whitewater dealings, said no more Whitewater hearings are planned for the time being.
"We should leave that in the hands of the special prosecutor," he said.
Gingrich said congressional Republicans are ready to work with a cooperative Clinton on cutting taxes and limiting the size of the government.
However, some voters see the sudden GOP kindness toward Clinton as an election-time smoke screen.
"It's going to hit [the president]," said Dave Sansone, a resident of Acton, Mass., as he savored Clinton's victory at the Boston Sheraton Tuesday night. "There is a good chance he'll be impeached in two years.