WATCHING WASHINGTON A SHAKY START FOR BILL CLINTON

WITH PATRICK CROW Like any new administration, the Clinton team is off to a fitful start. Oddly enough, so far almost all of the bloopers have come from the political pros at the White House, not from new cabinet or subcabinet level appointees. Presently, Treasury Sec. Lloyd Bentsen is the only cabinet member whose reputation is at risk. It's riding on the fate of Clinton's proposed BTU tax.