But constituency polling of voter opinion is in full swing, and surprises cannot be excluded.Yesterday, Jerome Zeifman, a Democrat elder statesman who was chief counsel of the House judiciary committee at the time of the Nixon impeachment hearings, issued an appeal to fellow Democrats in the anti-Clinton Wall St Journal. After hours of forcing amendments to the vote and losing, the 16 Democrats accepted the inevitable and allowed the vote on the main resolution - to advance or not to further investigation of President Clinton - to proceed, open- ended in time and not restricted to the Monica Lewinsky affair. The full House is to debate and vote on the resolution tomorrow, or on Friday, but the outcome is certain. The vote in the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives on Monday night set the impeachment process irrevocably in train. THE CURTAIN rose yesterday on part two of Bill Clinton's presidency, on the months, even years, that will be forever associated with impeachment. Regardless of the final outcome and regardless of any other achievements, Mr Clinton is now bracketed with Richard Nixon as one of only three American Presidents to face the shame of a formal impeachment inquiry by Congress.
Until his admittance to hospital, the boy spent most of his life in his mother's arms.. Mr Fink was influenced first by his parents, both of whom are roving ministers, and then by his exposure to a variety of religious groups, particularly the Mormons who are based in Utah's capital, Salt Lake City.In a treatise posted on the Internet, Mr Fink maintained he had received personal revelations from God and expounded his theory that the road to salvation involves eating nothing besides "starchless fruits and vegetables and leafy greens".Not only did he force his regimen on David, he also refused to let his son touch the ground, again for supposed reasons of purity. The following day, a sheriff's deputy and a game warden found the Finks' car abandoned in the car park of a McDonald's.Mr Fink was walking home on a country road close by, apparently unable to restart the car after a foray for supplies. The hunters thought nothing of what they had seen until they watched an appeal for the Finks' whereabouts on television on Sunday night.
According to the FBI, which co-ordinated the manhunt, the family lived off muesli and potatoes.They were eventually spotted by two locals who were out hunting elk at the weekend. He eventually agreed to show police where his family was camped, a spot so remote that they had to cover the last few miles on foot and horseback. His wife and children were then flown to hospital while he was taken into custody in Yellowstone County jail.The clue to the Finks' misguided behaviour lies in their strange religious beliefs. Mrs Fink gave birth to Elijah the day they arrived, presumably without medical help.
