OMG. Historical revisionism at its best.
Mr. Clinton was dragged to the welfare reform well by Republicans in the Congress. He kicked and screamed all the way.
I'll give the author this much, however: He sure can slice a cake thinly. My goodness, this is some mighty good parsing.
A spade is still a spade no matter how many times you shuffle the deck.
Parsing? The author argues that Clinton's ability to manipulate "words and symbols" deserves more credit than it gets. Hardly a revolutionary opinion.