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Ric80 · 05-17-2008, 01:17 PM

This campaign has really turned what was the prior narrative on its ear.
So many who defended the Clintons have now turned on them. I thought the Dems had to be a "post-Clinton" party before they could win may now have arrived at that place. Hillary, who was seen as so liberal by the right, is seen by many as more of an establishment candidate. Bill has been called out for playing the race card. Wasn't he the first Black POTUS?
MCain's role in the Keating Five was to attend 2 meetings and he knew Charles Keating, being from Arizona, as did Arizona's other US Senator DeConcini. Robert Bennett, Bill Clinton's lawyer made a recommendation not to include MCCain but the Dems, who controlled the Senate at that time, wanted a Repub to be included in the mix because they wawnted the scandal to have a bit of a bipartisian tinge to it. McCain and John Glenn were very minor players and maybe could have been left out of the group. DeConcini, Cranston and Riegle were really the main players IIRC.

05-17-2008, 01:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ric80 1,000+ posts Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Walled Lake, MI Posts: 1,006	This campaign has really turned what was the prior narrative on its ear. So many who defended the Clintons have now turned on them. I thought the Dems had to be a "post-Clinton" party before they could win may now have arrived at that place. Hillary, who was seen as so liberal by the right, is seen by many as more of an establishment candidate. Bill has been called out for playing the race card. Wasn't he the first Black POTUS? MCain's role in the Keating Five was to attend 2 meetings and he knew Charles Keating, being from Arizona, as did Arizona's other US Senator DeConcini. Robert Bennett, Bill Clinton's lawyer made a recommendation not to include MCCain but the Dems, who controlled the Senate at that time, wanted a Repub to be included in the mix because they wawnted the scandal to have a bit of a bipartisian tinge to it. McCain and John Glenn were very minor players and maybe could have been left out of the group. DeConcini, Cranston and Riegle were really the main players IIRC.