Democratic Party hits lowest polling numbers since Q'Pac started polling Party Approval.

[misanthrope]

18. Dems need distance from the Clintons

Older Democrats who lived through the Clinton era don't like hearing this but there are lots of people out there with egalitarian sensibilities and humble roots who view the Clintons as folks who sold out and cashed in. I am not speaking to how deserved that might or might not be, just that it persists. Their association with welfare reform, crime bills, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich changed how they were viewed by a lot of non-partisans out there.

Once they became common sights among the upper crust and their daughter glided into the privileged ranks of high-finance, they no longer seemed to be people completely in touch with common Americans.