Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Bill Clinton on the "parallel universe" of American politics today

This is quite an interesting presentation by Bill Clinton at the Davos World Economic Forum last week. At around 29:30, he says, "I think what America needs as much as anything else is to stop conducting its politics in a parallel universe divorced from reality with no facts."



At around 35:00 and following, he elaborates on what he means by a "parallel universe". He's very critical of the way the Democratic Party handled the Congressional campaign of 2010.

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