> the evidence: 1990 - 2000.
Not very specific, eh? I suppose you mean the Clinton administration (though 1990-2 fall outside that time frame).
For some reason which I was never very clear about, an awful lot of Democrats were charmed out of their socks by Bill. I could never understand what they saw in him, just as I never understood what was so charming about Reagan -- to me, he was always a pretty sleazy character, with his obvious womanizing, his pouting lower lip, and a general sort of greasy demeanor. I regarded him as a character I wouldn't trust any further than I could throw him.. And I never cared much for his brilliant, lovely wife either. When he and she went on to screw up the health care issue, make a killing on inside information about cattle futures (I think it was), attack welfare, etc., I was even less amused. I nevertheless voted for him twice, because I sure didn't want a Republican to win.
With Kerry (should he win), I think things will be different. He obviously has no charm whatsoever. Other than his wife and kids (I suppose), absolutely no one really likes him, much less has fallen in love with him. He is only the person who is the designated agent to get Bush out of the White House -- nothing more. Therefore, should he win, everyone on the Left, including the left wing of the DP, will be gunning for him from Day 1. I think it'll be quite different from the Clinton administration.
Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, 'You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.' -- Sir Arnold Bax