I was a volunteer in the Clinton campaign in 92', and so was allowed to attend a fundraiser at the Benson where I met Bill Clinton and had brief exchange. He loved being with people and campaigning, and still does. I drove in his motorcade with a van of press people, chauffeur for Gwen Ifill who rose to national prominence during that campaign. I attended Bill Clinton's inauguration with my family. I was deeply saddened at the failure of passage of his health care plan and outraged at the level of abuse and slander he and Hillary underwent at the hands of the right wing.(GOP operatives used to circulate videos by Jerry Falwell accusing the Clintons of murder. ) Bill Clinton, despite his personal failings, was a warrior who held off the barbarians at the gate, who wanted to bring down Medicare and the rest of the safety net. Bill Clinton is the only true fiscal conservative we have had in this country in the course of my lifetime. We thrived economically under his tax rates. We were gifted to have a master politician and statesman during the 90s. So I am glad to see his unqualified advocacy for Democratic ideals and values in the Obama campaign. And I am hopeful that Hillary will reconsider running in 2016. Bill and Hillary Clinton are symbols of peace and prosperity under Democratic Party leadership and policies.

As important as it may be to have Clinton cutting these spots for Obama, it's more than a little ironic to have him warning about Republicans wanting to go back to deregulation. That's true enough - but let's not forget it was Clinton whose administration pushed right alongside them to deregulate Wall Street (through things like the Commodities Future Modernization Act) - with disastrous consequences that set the stage for the Great Recession.

GATT into WTO, NAFTA, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, repeal of Glass-Steagall, block grants to states in place of traditional welfare, Larry Summers stopping the regulation of derivatives... the legacy of Clinton (which does indeed live on in Obama).

Permanent normal trade relations with China.

You should change the name of this site to: Blue-Dog Oregon.

And, Clinton personally destroyed the rice-farming in Haiti by forcing Artistide to accept dumping of US rice, among other neoliberal measure he forced upon him.