Last: More on the Clinton Co-Presidency

Published December 20, 2007 6:10pm ET



Bill Kristol notes the oddness of Hillary Clinton speaking as if she had been co-president during the 1990s, but it’s actually odder than the boss knows. I spent the early part of the week following Clinton around Iowa and was struck by two formulations she used to talk about her role as first lady. Talking to a crowd in Des Moines about her pursuit of government healthcare in the early ’90s, Clinton said,

And when I was fortunate enough to go to Washington to be part of my husband’s team, we tackled one of the hardest problems we have: healthcare. And I was glad to tackle it because if it was easy, anyone could do it. …

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