Why Can T Mayor Rahm Be Less Like Bill Clinton And More Like Bernie Sanders

            As with all crazes and phenomena, I was slow to “feel the Bern.”



            I was watching him on The View—I know, the things I watch—and as a gag they had him shooting baskets.



            And I realized—holy shit, this thing’s for real. I still don’t think he’s going to beat Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, but he’s clearing     tapping into a deep and righteous rage over a system that’s rigged. Especially with young people.



            Clinton’s view of politics—like that of so many other baby-boomer Democrats—was largely shaped by the bitterly disappointing presidential campaign of 1972.



        Nixon clobbered McGovern in Texas, winning about 67 percent of the vote. To understand how that defeat transformed the future president, I urge you to read    First in His Class, David Maraniss’s biography of Bill Clinton.



            Just so you know who paid the biggest price for his ambitions.