And now they are grousing that he may be an albatross again. Actually, some party loyalists think they have an answer, now that Clinton appears to have weathered the release of the Starr report and the grand jury video. It's no silver bullet, they say, but it might be a way to get Democrats out of their bunker. Clinton tested a line on Thursday when he said the public was hungry for progress on issues, not partisanship. The latter was a pointed reference to the Republican impeachment probe.
Nobody thinks it can help.
In that sense, there is some drag. A big event like this happens, and it's natural to think it will have a major negative impact. He dismisses polls that show most Democrats too demoralized to vote. And Mark Gersh, a top strategist for House Democrats, said he, too, can glimpse a silver lining. That's a very important group.