Clinton's legacy

Reuters:

Former president Bill Clinton has been buddying up to both presidents Bush in what strategists right and left view as a bid to salvage his political legacy and boost the ambitions of his senator wife.

The article then goes on to quote a strategist from the right:

"It's definitely to help his wife, and it's certainly to rebuild his legacy which was basically left in shambles by the time he left the White House," said Alexandra Preate of Republican political strategists Political Capital LLC.

Guess how many strategists from the left get quoted?

And I should point out that Clinton was both very popular when he left office and remains popular since he has left, recently being hailed as the third best President in history by Americans, behind only Lincoln and JFK:

When Clinton left office, the huge deficit that piled up during the years of Reagan and Bush Sr. had been replaced by the largest federal budget surplus in history. Employment and homeownership had soared; poverty and unemployment rates had dropped.

What a shambles of a legacy to leave behind. No wonder Republicans still view Bush as a success.