The Big Dog is off the porch and runnin’ wild. Bill Clinton has entered the presidential race with his full-throated endorsement of Barrack Obama during the democratic convention.
At a time of deep divisions in all aspects of the body politic, the once controversial former president is taking advantage of his 69% approval rating. His appearance in the race seems to be the major factor why a little daylight has appeared in the polling numbers of the two candidates. A race that was essentially tied, and had been for months, now seems to be leaning in the incumbent’s favor.
Bill Clinton’s presidency began with accusations of murder from the radical right. He lost the last two years of his presidency to a sex scandal now largely forgotten. His political opponents, he feels, needlessly persecuted him, hurting the chances of his would-be successor. Payback is now the order of the day.
How sweet it must be to slip the hot knife of revenge between the ribs of the GOP’s great white hope during this campaign.
What are Clinton’s motivations? His wife lost a passionately contested primary to Obama just four years ago. Bad blood was exposed more than once.
His probably has two primary reasons, beyond the cold revenge. One is legacy. The more time a Democratic president can spend in office, the more opportunity he has to shape the narrative in his favor. The other reason is that he hopes to put his wife in a position to run for the highest office in the land should she so desire.
A Democratic win in 2012 makes a run by Hillary much more likely in my opinion.
And the Big Dog is sniffing around for a path back to the warm confines of the White House
The Looney Lefty 
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