If Clinton didn't have a lap dog press behind him and let's not forget the help from Perot in 92, he would have never won.
Even though he won re-election he will be a footnote in history.
Consigned to same club as Andrew Johnson.
Clinton is more of an economic conservative than Bush 43.
With this coming so soon after the Reagan funeral, the contrast is staggering! I was around for the Reagan years and I loved him, but even I was overwhelmed by being reminded of 8 years of his achievements and decency, all compressed into one week. Clinton, on the other hand, well, if you take the fluff and the self-aggrandizement out of the interview, there's not much left but the commercials.
Bill Clinton charmed the press. They liked him because he was a likeable guy. He had star power. Bush does not have this likeability factor. In fact, few people have it.
Why does Bush bring out the worst in everybody? From supposed allies to the press, people don't seem to like him. Bush calls Putin, pootypoot. Would you liked to be called pootypoot? Get the picture?
The press is liberal, but they treated Carter with the same scorn as they do Bush. Reagan was likeable, and the press fawned over him. Everybody liked Reagan, except his political opponents, who thought he was Satan. Ditto for Clinton.
but he did win. and Gore was running for what was essentially Clinton's third term - and won the popular vote. don't underestimate the Clintons - if Hillary should become president, the first husband/wife pair to achieve the presidency, the media and the sheeple will make them into demi-gods.