It's the former president who has managed to ignite fond Democratic memories of the 1990s to rally a base majority against Obama. Matthew Continetti captures the dynamic well:
These days the former president’s “outbursts” serve a dual purpose: they lend the impression that Senator Clinton is the insurgent running against the media-supported Obama, while also creating the illusion that it is the former president, not his wife, who is actually the candidate for the Democratic nomination.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/01/its-bills-campaign/220922/
