...that Bill Clinton was the most brilliant politician to ever hold the office.Alas, but only for survival, not for achievement.
Exactly.
My great fear is that this is the Clinton Legacy:
How to survive in power,
no matter how bad the performance.
Clinton's first term did us infinitely more harm, especially internationally, than Carter's. But we replaced Jimmy Carter. We actually re-elected Bill Clinton. Unlike Hitler, or Saddam, Clinton had now made mere survival a respectable goal for politicians of every stripe. That is the most possible damage anyone could do to this country.