From Ed Kilgore, commenting on the latest “gaffe” from Bill Clinton:
The idea of a former two-term President of the United States having to get his remarks vetted by some campaign operative who was in high school when Clinton was negotiating with the Israelis and Palestinians may seem humiliating. But it may come to that.
This is all related to a minor dustup over Bill making some ambiguous off-the-cuff remarks about Bibi Netanyahu in a rope-line chat at the Harkin Steak Fry this weekend. By itself, it’s not a big deal, but it might be an omen of things to come. After all, you may recall that Bill’s remarks during Hillary’s 2008 run for the Democratic nomination were not, um, 100 percent helpful at all times. And there’s nothing the media loves more than a bit of Clinton discord that can be dissected and psychoanalyzed for days on end. It might not be fair, but no one ever said presidential campaigns were fair.
