I think that many, especially in the Democratic Party, have elevated Bill beyond the acheivements of his years in office. Scandals aside, the so-called boom years of the 90's ended in the dot.com crash in his last year in office. (Much as the steady growth since then has disappeared in the housing/mortgage bubble of this winter.) The unemployment rate in 1996 when Clinton ran for re-election was 5.4 percent this month in the Bush 'recession' it is 5.1 percent. Clinton came into office with Democrats in control of both houses and left with Republican majorities. History will remember Clinton as a perhaps a gifted politician but a flawed personality and an average President at best.