iOS app Android app More  Andrew Levine  Andrew Levine  Posted:
November 1, 2010 10:01 AM  Clinton Again? It Could Happen Here
What's Your Reaction:  One of the more remarkable features of
the Obama years is how "the Great Rightwing Conspiracy" switched
its animosity from Hillary and Bill Clinton to Nancy Pelosi and
Barack Obama. The result: almost overnight, mindless Republicans
and "independents" came to think of the Clintons, formerly
embodiments of evil, as the good Democrats. This could matter in
the years ahead.  If the Democrats crash big-time on Tuesday as
almost everyone predicts they will, or if (as I believe) they
don't, the most likely result will be that almost nothing of
importance will change. Congress, these days, has almost nothing
to do with foreign or military or "national security" policy.
And, in any case, in these areas, despite the occasional minor
blip (as, say, between late 2001 and 2004 when neo-conservatives
called the shots), there has always been a robust "bipartisan"
consensus.