He has had so many passes from Democrats (voters and Congress) and Republicans (Trent Lott; Orrin Hatch, Arlen Specter of Scottish law, et al) over the years that he must have thought, like I did, that he would forever be the popular icon of the American people. Then he came up against, of all groups, the socialists of South Carolina, the first state to secede in December 1860.
After watching the MTP round table w/Russert, it looks like the Clinton loving sycofants are finally turning on them and running into Obamas arms.