OUR JOURNEY IS NOT DONE

THE VOTERS HAND CLINTON A HISTORIC VICTORY BUT SEND A MESSAGE, NOT A MANDATE: WORK WITH THE REPUBLICANS

A nation born of a distrust of kings won't easily forgive a President who behaves too much like one. And so every four years, the people give a test: first we hand someone the most powerful job in the world. Then we demand that he not be too proud of himself for having it, too desperate to keep it or too sure that he alone knows what to do with it. And then we sit back and watch, until it's time to decide whether to re-elect him.

In four years Bill Clinton learned that it is not enough to be smart...

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