Clinton's Legacy

Bill Clinton, who spent much of his presidency casting about for a legacy, should be thanking the current occupant of the White House for rehabilitating his tawdry image by giving him such a prominent role in Katrina relief. Instead, Clinton has chosen to bite the hand that feeds him, saying the federal emergency plan "only affects middle-class people up"–thus stoking the class-warfare fires started by opponents of this presidency.

Here's Clinton's legacy: He's a small man who will do whatever it takes to point the spotlight on himself.