Liberals who don't like the Clintons

Republicans are focused on their own dissatisfaction with their leading candidates. But there are some liberals who are just as upset that Hillary Clinton holds the lead in their race for the nomination. Here is a noted liberal, Nation writer William Greider, who is none too happy at seeing Bill and Hillary back in our political lives.

The style is very familiar to official Washington, not just among the Clintons' partisan adversaries, but among their supporters. The man lied to his friends. All the time. They got used to it. They came expect it. I observe a good many old hands among the Senate Democrats are getting behind Obama. It would be good to know more about why they declined to make the more obvious choice of endorsing the power couple.

We are sure to see more of Mr. Bill's intrusions because the former president is pathological about preserving his own place in the spotlight. He can't stand it when he is not the story and, one way or another, he will make himself the story. I used to be sympathetic toward Mrs. Clinton on this point. No longer.

She is using her egocentric husband to do the low-road hits for her campaign. He is good at it--a real charmer if you've never seen his act before. Or is Mrs. Clinton's husband using her? People can ask that question without disturbing the principles of feminism.

Evidently, many of the mainstream party faithful want the Clinton team as their presidential nominee. It's their choice, of course. But does the rest of the country really deserve this?

It would be ironic, if John McCain were the Republican nominee against Hillary Clinton, that we might see some of these liberals who sincerely dislike the Clintons voting for a man who, while he does support the war in Iraq, is sufficiently liberal on a number of issues to appeal to them when contrasted with Hillary.