(Originally, I thought about naming this "Fuck Bill Clinton", but I thought that he'd kind of like that.)
I'm not a fan of the big dog. I always thought that he was a classic "right to work state, cheap labor, in the bankers' pockets" sort of Democrat.
After all, he's one of the founders of the DLC.
I also think that his general spinelessness in dealing with congress in 1993-4 (and NAFTA) was a major contributor to the 1994 catastrophe.
In fairness, there are good things to say about him. He played a very good game of defense against Gingrich
He's a marvelous politician.
However, he sucks all the air out of any room that he is in, and his continued death-grip on the Democratic Party is doing the same in the party.
His time is over. That's not my assessment, that is what the 22nd amendment of the constitution says.
I'm not saying that if wanted to run for governor, or senator, or that he should resign himself to a life of constructing habitat for humanity houses and supervising elections.
I'm saying that his attempt to remain the power behind the Democratic party is crippling the party.