Wow, what a difference five years makes.

For all the flaws Lowry finds in Clinton (and there are several which bear noting), even the most serious pale to what we now find in the Executive Branch. If only we had a president who cared about his legacy enough to correct mistakes in judgement and reverse course when desperately needed. If only we had a president today who cared about polls, and the will of the people. If only we had a leader who acted cautiously, intellectually, and with the aid of evidence rather than "gut feelings".

I remember well the days when I thought Clinton would be the worst president our country would ever see. How quaint those days seem.

Book arrived on earliest date listed. Packing was simply a tight bubble wrap envelope that (I am sure) resulted in bent corners of book. Otherwise, book in great condition.

This review is somewhat belated. I read the book shortly after its original release. The copy I have has a scarlet letter "A" in the title, which I thought represented perfectly the legacy of this brilliant, but terribly flawed man. It's too bad the title was retooled.

Richard Lowry delivers a well-documented, but highly lopsided view of the Clintons. This is definitely not a book for the critical thinker, or for anyone who wishes to learn more about a brilliant, but unstable president who lacked confidence in his own convictions. Lowry does bring up a few interesting topics, such as Clinton's obsession with his legacy, along with his inability to truly face shaky foreign relations. However, it is too unfortunate when a good writer loses himself in the fissured psychodrama of American politics, which Lowry exhibits in this book.