This speculative Op-Ed piece proposes that Obama should exploit every opportunity to contrast himself to the poor performance of the Bush regime. It recaps Clinton's exit, with Neo-Con rumors of stolen silverware, sabotaged offices, etc. suggesting Demos follow suit; "they ought to let every embarrassing detail out." It also implies a danger of Bush's image improving as time erases painful images of war, hurricanes, and fiscal fallout. It's interesting in a mean-spirited way ... More »

This is a thoughtful op-ed piece. Like most op-eds, it is not well sourced, so evaluation rests on clarity of thought, writing style, cohesion and persuasion of arguments. A little too mean-spirited to persuade me, he did make a solid case that short-memory Americans need to see and be reminded of the Obama/Bush contrast for years to come.

A nice article reminding us of the shameless start of Bush's first days. Lying about Clinton's people stealing furniture, gluing computer's so they would't work, and any other high school prank they could think of. And if you think about it, his whole Admin., was like that. Lie's, deceit, and illegal activities.Clinton left with better numbers when he left, and still has them. This won't happen to Bush.