gandalf: I guess I find it hard to argue with that. I think Ike’s management of the various personalities during WWII (especially the nasty relationship between Patton and Montgomery) bear testament to that. Between Truman and Kennedy, historically speaking, it’s like there is this eight year gap, where absolutely nothing appeared to happen.
Very interesting about Susan Eisenhower crossing the aisle. I think there is a huge reservoir of disenchantment with business as usual and politics as usual, and Obama’s surging numbers reflect that. It is also fascinating to watch the lengths the Clintons are willing to go to secure this nomination. I have to believe that there are dozens of progressive liberal pundits that are secretly appalled with what is going on right now. That Jesse Jackson remark that Bill Clinton made would have gotten a white Republican strung up by his privates for saying the same thing.
