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This article detailing Bill Clinton's expanded strategic role within his wife's campaign is only interesting for how poor Clinton's strategic advice appears to be.
A day earlier, Mr. Clinton had unveiled the campaign’s new talking points at rallies in Iowa. His wife was “a change agent,” “a proven agent of positive change” and “a lifetime advocate of a change agenda.”The “change, change, change” phrase, as some advisers call it, was coined by Mr. Clinton after he told campaign officials that the old strategy of running like an incumbent front-runner was not enough, advisers said. The Clintons had to wrest the message of change from Senator Barack Obama.Voters may be dumb, but they're not idiots. The message of experience, of competence, of expertise made a lot of sense for Hillary Clinton. She was an old hand at governance, and would prove better able to get things done. But no one is confused about what the word "change" means. And insofar as it's applicable in this election, it doesn't best connect with the campaign arguing for a reversion to the presidential administration of the late-90s.
