> When people age, they tend to mellow, especially politically, and I think Bush 41 feels partially vindicated by his son's success.
In one of her books, Peggy Noonan describes HW as kind of weepy towards the end of his presidency. I am sure that now he is bursting with pride.
"For years [c]linton was all but the devil incarnate to diehard Republicans..."
Yeah and now he's a lovable scoundrel. Hmph!
Bush 41 was never a "diehard" Republican. He looked tired and out of gas in 1992 when Clinton beat him. Who can forget the scene in the debate when he looked at his watch?
Don't forget, that his foreign policy "team" was almost unanimously opposed to W.'s incursion into Iraq.