Jonathan Freedland (Guardian Utd): Two nations under God: Bush and Clinton

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From the Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Dated Wednesday June 22

Two nations under God
Nothing more embodies the divisions in modern America than its leading dynasties, the Bushes and the Clintons
By Jonathan Freedland

It may thud in at a colossal 957 pages, but Bill Clinton's autobiography still feels incomplete. One closes this fattest of tomes with a sneaking suspicion that the saga is far from over. Its final words should read: To be continued.
That is not a prediction that Clinton is about to lead a one-man campaign to rewrite the constitution, enabling him to run again for the third term he surely wanted - and which, polls indicate, he would have won. No, it won't be Bill Clinton who seeks the White House again. Instead, it could well be a member of the Clinton family - almost certainly running against a representative of the clan that has become its arch rival: the Bushes.
It won't happen this time, but look ahead. If the Democrats lose this year and George Bush wins a second term, the 2008 battle will be wide open - with no incumbent on either side. Judged from here, the likeliest shape of that duel will be today's junior senator from New York v the current governor of Florida: Hillary Clinton v Jeb Bush.
Listen to the words of Bill Clinton himself. When Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and I interviewed the former president last week, we threw in a final question about Hillary's presidential aspirations - confidently expecting it to be brushed aside with a politic insistence that the only name on the ballot is John Kerry and he is the candidate Democrats should focus on and support.

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1. Political dynasties are a catastrophe for our country. eom