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In Praise of Bill Clinton
In the art of politics he’s Michelangelo, and in the science of politics he is Einstein. He follows political results like a baseball junkie follows box scores. Because he has campaigned in so many places, he has absorbed and integrated millions of data points, yet can assemble them into a narrative that folks can follow.
— Paul Begala, quoted by Businessweek, on Bill Clinton.
Politics for Partisans
People used to participate in politics because they cared.
The more they participated, the better democracy fared.
But not these days,
When partisanship holds sway,
And the only ones who participate are the angry and the scared.