The DesMoines Register discusses the pros and cons of Bill Clinton's role in Hillary's campaign. What Brazile alludes to warrants fleshing out. It may set the stage for some real fun, provided Hillary gains the nomination.
"I think it's going to come down to: Do you really want Bill Clinton back in the White House?" said Donna Brazile, who ran Democrat Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.
Held at arm's length by Gore in 2000 and embraced by the Democratic field in 2004, Bill Clinton's record is the subject of both credit and critique in the 2008 campaign.
Helping Hillary in the Democrat Primary is one thing. However, Brazile knows, because she obviously saw the Gore polling, that those polls told Gore to stay away from Bill Clinton. Heck, he picked Lieberman, the first and one of only a few Democrats to denounce then President Clinton on the Senate floor, as his VP.
Time may have changed things a bit, but perhaps not all that much - after all, Bill never did receive a majority among American voters even when running for office twice. So, what happens when we get to the General Election? Like Al Gore, does Hillary shove Bill under the bus? My money says, in a freakin' heartbeat. And ultimately that will prove Gore right and maybe even force the media to face the fact that, unless you are a partisan Democrat, Bill Clinton's legacy is not what the media would have us believe. When they address that question seriously, they often end up concluding he's still searching for one, at best.
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