Sublime

Was another president going to take the country into yet another war by the back door?

Bill Clinton received a generous and possibly inappropriate $1 million “birthday gift” from the country of Qatar to the Clinton Foundation when Hillary was secretary of state. To complicate matters further for the Clintons, their foundation failed to notify the State Department of Bill’s gift, even though Hillary had signed an ethics agreement prom

Bill and Hillary Clinton were policy wonks who mashed together idealism with business-friendly ideas for economic growth. Instead of speaking for the working class, the Clintons spoke about equipping workers to rise into the professional class through education and training. Their assumption was that all Americans could do what they did and be like

bellyached

Washington solicited written opinions from several advisers, including Adams, Madison, Hamilton, Jay, and Robert R. Livingston, from which he would distill his preferred policy. The hallmark of his administration would be an openness to conflicting ideas.

foreign powers

FDR’s victory was part of a Democratic sweep.