With Friends Like These ...

By Janice Castro

The Democrats are out to get NEWT GINGRICH, and they've got some unexpected allies across the aisle as the conservative House minority whip campaigns for re-election. Gingrich has earned enmity in abundance for his junkyard-dog tactics. Case in point: House minority leader Robert Michel. Says a Michel aide: "Maybe the Democrats can't get Clinton elected, but at least they should be able to get rid of Newt. It would make our lives up here so much easier."