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Time Magazine
...his (Clinton) success is attributable to the little things: great political antennae, an exquisite sense of how the political calendar works (when to move, when to delay), intellectual and tactical nimbleness. Those are God-given gifts that no recent U.S. politician can match.
But times are tough, Iraq's a mess, the looming deficits are enormous, the President (Bush) is waning in the polls.
...what Clinton would do now if he were George Bush: he would totally bollix the Democrats by delaying, or scrapping, his tax cut for the wealthiest Americans. He would give an Oval Office speech, profess his continuing belief in the mystical power of tax cuts?but cite the national emergency in Iraq and the jobless recovery at home.