I think the bulk of America is apathetic about Clinton. The best he can hope for will be to go down in history as a big, fat zero of a President, the Millard Fillmore of the 20th Century. Reagan is more controversial, because he actually stood up for what he believed in and accomplished great things.
I remember during his second term there was no big public outcry for his impeachment. He and the Dems thought that meant he was safe. But what it really meant was the vast majority of the population didn't care whether he was impeached or not.
Metro Ridership Shatters Old Record
Updated: Thursday, Jun. 10, 2004 - 9:21 AM
WASHINGTON - With the funeral procession and public viewing of the casket of former President Ronald Reagan on Wednesday, ridership on Metro set a record with 850,636 people riding the rails. "We did not anticipate that it would be the new No. 1," Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says. "It was highest ridership in our 28 year history."
The record was set, even though federal workers had the option of liberal leave.
The previous all-time highest ridership day was President Bill Clinton's first inaugural on Jan. 20, 1993, when 811,257 people used the subway. Before that, the Million Man March on Oct. 16, 1995 had 804,146 people riding the rails.
Metro initially told WTOP that its buses 7,203 people to the Capitol Rotunda for the viewing overnight, but then corrected the figure. Farbstein says 1,760 customers took the buses from RFK Stadium to the Capitol and 1,841 returned to RFK.