More on Clinton and the Senate

I liked Bill Clinton as a candidate for Pres, and my admiration continued through the very tough fight on Clinton's budget balancing law leading to legislation passed solely on Democratic votes in favor, and possibly at the same time the loss of control of the House in the Gingrich rebellion in 1994. There were other points in his 8 years that I thought he was doing good work, and a few matters of bitter disappointment. Among the later was his on-occcasion undercutting of the Dem leadership in the Congress by his 'more/less than bi-partisanship' approach. He was tending his precious legacy, not the welfare of the country or his party. He actually weaked the Dem. party during those 8 years, and that isn't something to be proud of.

Now comes Hillary, with Bill's active involvement, clearly playing the same game again. Clinton uber alles. I'm sickened by their behavior, and apparently some in Congress are apparently willing to work against their own future self-interest in having influence if Hillary wins, in order to lay down a marker that they are fed up with a personality-driven Presidency.

Ted Kennedy today, IMO, put 'paid-back' on the Clinton's pattern of self-actualizing behavior (as manifest in Hillary's campaign), and I'm proud (for them) the Kennedys have taken a different road in support of Obama - for whatever internal reasons they have for doing so.

Part of being a country of laws and not of men is not electing Presidents that think their judgement is all that counts. Bush has shown how badly this turns out in practice. We don't need and shouldn't have a Dem Presidnet that pursues this egotistic path going forward.