The Clinton White House years - what Obama has to understand

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It is generally accepted that Bill's was a good presidency. The economy expanded across all income level. Yes, Republicans have been saying that this was going to happen anyway, that the recession that caused Bush's loss was already ending, and that the 2001 recession started under Clinton's presidency.

Does not matter. Whoever is seated at the top gets the credit and the blame. After all, the Depression did not end until we fired our manufacturing facilities overtime during WWII.

Bill Clinton was the first Democratic President to be re-elected since FDR and he left the office with the highest approval rating. When he came to office the deficit then was larger than all previous years combined. And he left with a surplus.

So one has to wonder why the Obamas are trashing the "past two decades." Perhaps this is their way to talk to the younger crowd for whom the Clinton administration, not to mention the Reagan/Bush administration, is an old history.

Perhaps this is part of trashing the 60s, even though the Civil Rights movement took place in the 60s, a movement without which there would not be an Obama candidacy.

Perhaps this goes with his praising of Reagan, to show that he dislikes the 60s hoping to attract the "Reagan Democrats" and moderate Republicans.

I have said on these pages before that many women would not vote for Obama because of the way his supporters have been trashing Hillary, personally. Not her campaign, not her track record, but her hair style, her voice, her marriage and, of course, resorting to offensive sexist remarks.

Now I wonder how loyal Democrats, who do remember the Clinton Presidency, would feel if Barack and Michelle continue to trash his Presidency. The irony is that the Newsweek groupies have been saying that Obama is the "heir" of Clinton because of his age, a new generation, etc. I would add because he is married to a professional woman who does not stay home baking cookies. One difference, though, the Clintons in 1992 did not own a million dollar house and their net worth was not even close to the Obamas'

If Barack and Michelle cannot separate Bill the candidate's spouse from Bill the beloved former President - DUers opinion notwithstanding - he could be facing a mass exodus come November.