Bill Clinton won after all

There’s only one real reason Pelosi would stand by accused Democrats: She doesn’t care. Her logic with regard to Clinton is the only one that matters. He was a Democrat, and his sexual improprieties had nothing to do with his capacity for voting for her agenda. This was the national argument we had in 1998, and it was settled in Clinton’s favor. Character doesn’t matter. Only agenda does.

Republicans bucked that agenda. They don’t anymore.

In order to shame Republicans, Democrats seemed to buck that agenda this time around. But that was all bluster.