The Big Dawg yawns and stretches...

But for a pesky amendment to the constitution, that could easily have been Bill Clinton accepting the party's nomination for a fourth term as President last night.
The party faithful still love him, his powers of persuasion are as yet undiminished, and his ideas as relevant as ever.
The punditariat all hate him (even as they've made millions off of his career)...but having the William Safires and the George Wills of the world against is no great handicap for Clinton when goes forth seeking the votes of anxious moderates and independents.
Is there any doubt that he would've beaten George Bush Jr. like a rented government mule in 2000?
Hell every Al Gore made every mistake in the book and he still beat Bush by a half million votes.
Nope, Bill is unique.
 He is a member of a small exclusive club with a few Roosevelts and a certain member of the Kennedy family in attendance. Call it the "Charisma League" or what have you.
Trust me, no amount of legacy muscle will ever get George Bush Jr. into that particular club.
But what of John Kerry? He is neither encrusted with a vast propaganda apparatus to make him seem authentic as it the case with Bush nor is he naturally compelling a'la the Big Dog.
Which is fine by me, too much is expected of charismatic leadership at the expense of mere honesty, hard work, and resolution.