Clinton and Congress: A Bad Marriage

In retrospect, you could say they married too hastily, heedless of how different they really were: one charming and vain; the other fusty and proud. And both of them so needy. Then came the bickering, the betrayal, the recriminations--and the long, frosty silences. Now the question is: Should Bill Clinton and the Democrats in Congress stay together for the sake of the family, or would the party be better off if they went their separate ways?

Clinton's survival hangs on the answer, as House and Senate Democrats ponder how much they are willing to risk to defend a President who...

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