January 13, 2000
Web posted at: 8:16 p.m. EST (0116 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Call it what you will, a hazing ritual or a rite of political passage, but First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's appearance Wednesday night on the Late Show with David Letterman was not the first time a candidate has been tested on TV.

CNN'S Beth Fouhy reviews a few other "memorable moments" -- from President Richard Nixon's "sock it to me" on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In," to President Bill Clinton's sax riffs on the Arsenio Hall Show.

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Thursday, January 13, 2000

• Bradley says Gore 'Hortonized' 1988 presidential campaign
  
• Video: Pols often put to test on late night TV
  
• Clinton says growing economy offers historic opportunity to help disadvantaged
  
• GOP chooses two new faces to respond to Clinton
  
• Letterman lists top 10 reasons for Hillary Clinton visit
  
• First lady trades barbs with Letterman on 'Late Show'
  
• Bush turns tables on pop quiz reporter
  
• Incumbent seen vulnerable in Minnesota Senate race
  
• Attacking the attack ad: Moderate GOP group goes after Forbes
  
• Judge asks federal appeals court to rule on corporate contribution ban
  
• Issues survey pins some candidates down
  
• Wide range of poll results sometimes confusing in a tight race
  
• Bauer opens grass-roots swing focused on China
  
• McCain wants Bush to intercede in New York ballot fight
  
• Democrats want 'fresh start' after Clinton; Bradley hopes to benefit
  
• President to propose new $10 tax credit for electronic filing of returns
  
• Former president Bush stumps for son in Iowa
  
• White House earmarks $27 million for toxic exposure tests
  
• West Virginia governor wants to prevent same-sex marriages
  
• Washington Monument scaffolding may go to Minneapolis as tourist attraction
  
• Virginia governor proposes MLK holiday separate from Jackson, Lee
  
• White House unveils $367 million in schools projects
  
• Lawyer tells of kickbacks in Arkansas Legislature
  
• American Indians overlooked by presidential candidates, parties
  

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