He has not a creative bone in his body. Therefore, he is a bore, and will always be a bore.

Retiring ABC broadcast journalist DAVID BRINKLEY referring to Bill Clinton in his summary of election night '96. Mr. Brinkley appeared ready to say more, but Peter Jennings cut him off.

Newt Gingrich rules the House . . . and Bill Clinton gets four years to explain where all the records went in his first four years as president.

Syndicated columnist and former presidential speechwriter TONY SNOW, analyzing the '96 elections.

I had been pondering and agonizing over this administration. But the illegal campaign contributions were the shattering point. For me, it was reminiscent of the cancer that brought down Nixon.

JEROME ZEIFMAN, former chief counsel of the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon impeachment hearings, in Investor's Business Daily. Mr. Zeifman is referring to Indonesian political contributions to the Democratic Party. A week before the election, Mr. Zeifman wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the Clintons should be considered "felons."

The pile-up is unprecedented. Choose your scandal, any one of which could be difficult, at the very least embarrassing.

University of Wisconsin political scientist CHARLES O. JONES, sizing up President Clinton's next four years.

This miserable election campaign proved that there is a price to be paid for the courage Republicans showed in proposing real entitlement reform. It is important to show that there is also a price to be paid for opposing real entitlement reform. If there must be a price for courage, there should be one for cowardice too.

Washington Post columnist CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, urging Republicans to reject calls for "bipartisanship" and let President Clinton take the blame for the coming Medicare crisis.

I can guarantee you one thing: There's going to be six more years of torment for Ted Kennedy and all rest of those other liberals.

Sen. JESSE HELMS (R-N.C.) after winning reelection to a fifth term.