DISTINCT from the time when reformasi began, Amien Rais seems to have lost a bit of his luster. The popularity of Amien, who was born in Solo on April 26, 1944, remains high, but people's support of him is no longer as strident. A number of opinion polls show this leader of the National Mandate Party (PAN) trailing behind the other presidential candidates.

But Amien is not one to give up so easily. With his wife standing by him and his clo