Broken Back

Clinton v. Wallace

Was this the straw?

Has the Dam of Silence been breached? Did that silence prevail because the Democrats refused to stoop to the brazen, mudslinging level of the Republicans? Did Clinton's outburst allow the now ensuing commentaries—like Keith Olbermann's—to come out from behind the trees?

Again, I don't mean this to sound naïve. I'm just getting back on the political horse again after some time away (in a foreign country with its own recent political upheaval—and by "upheaval" I don't mean to trivialize a true upheaval like Thailand's, but I refer to the change in Party control in Sweden). I realize, of course, that journalists like Olbermann have been speaking against the Bush administration before now. I just wonder if such a high profile voice like Clinton's might be just the political machete the Democratic Party needs.

That poor, long-suffering camel.