Kilgore is right about the "responsiblity era" as being sold as the grownups coming back after bad boy Bill and his pizza boxes and oval office sex and don't know what the meaning of is, is.  So if not surprise, it's noteworthy to point to hyprocrisy when we see it.

You've got a really smart take on why "playing by the rules" came back and bit both Bill and Al.  That's smart.  Unfortunate too, becuase I'm a sucker for the personal responsiblity message.  I think it's important for a lot of reasons, not least of which it's how we might begin to have less resentment of the government.