George W. Clinton?

The me-too kids.

THE primaries and conventions have yet to be held, but the first shots have already been fired in the 2000 general-election campaign. The Democrats, having decided that their opponent will be George W. Bush, have begun testing various attacks on him and his philosophy. Their best campaigner, President Clinton, recently lit into “compassionate conservatism” as (a) insincere gesture politics, (b) a front for the hardline Gingrichian conservatism of congressional Republicans, and (c) his own idea.

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The me-too kids.

THE primaries and conventions have yet to be held, but the first shots have already been fired in the 2000 general-election campaign. The Democrats, having decided that their opponent will be George W. Bush, have begun testing various attacks on him and his philosophy. Their best campaigner, President Clinton, recently lit into “compassionate conservatism” as (a) insincere gesture politics, (b) a front for the hardline Gingrichian conservatism of congressional Republicans, and (c) his own idea.