In Two Years, Howard Dean Will Make Terry McAuliffe Look Like Benjamin Disraeli

A touching tribute to the outgoing DNC chair from the man who sat him in it:

Former President Clinton told Democrats Thursday night it won't take any special magic for them to win the White House again.

"All that has to happen is you have to have a clear vision, a plan for the future, good campaign tactics and fight like the devil," said Clinton. "We need to brand ourselves better. There were too many people who didn't know why we were Democrats except that we were against President Bush's policies."

Call him the Man from False Hope, then.

The problem isn't the brand, Bill, it's the product line you keep trying to foist upon the American people.

Byron York knows; listen to him:

And then, in the way that Democrats sometimes do when they want to criticize Bush's economic policies, Clinton branded himself by telling the crowd that he has become very, very rich. Speaking of John Kerry — who by that time was having his own conversation with McAuliffe — Clinton said, "He and I have more money than we need — and so does McAuliffe." The intended effect of that remark was to suggest a certain amount of selflessness in their opposition to tax cuts and other policies that Democrats say favor the wealthy. The actual effect was to remind everyone that Clinton, Kerry, and McAuliffe are a bunch of rich guys who don't need tax cuts.

Who do you think has a better grip on reality, Bill Clinton or his old American Spectator bete noire Byron York?