And "one of the best politicians in like the history of the world" was the principal reason that Gore lost the election: "State by state, there was an all but perfect match in exit polls between Clinton's image and the electoral result. Gore took every state where Clinton's "favourability rating" was average or above (57 per cent), with the exception of Florida, while Bush won every state where it was even a mere point below average, except for Oregon and New Mexico (where he lost by less than 0.25 per cent of the vote). Clinton was a dead weight on Gore even in Arkansas. For these calculations by Thad Beyle, see the Economist, 27 January 2001" <www.newleftreview.net/NLR24201.shtml>. --CGE
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Carl Remick wrote:
>
> >Articulate? Prolix is more like it. Eight years of incessant
> >unconvincing jive.
>
> What's so hard about admitting that Clinton is one of the best
> politicians in like the history of the world? He knows a lot and can
> talk fluently. With Goodman, he responded to a whole series of
> questions of the sort he'd never been asked. It was an extremely
> impressive performance.
>
> The inability to admit things like that is one of the reasons they
> keep winning and we keep losing.
>