ideology had tilted rightward and Clinton went with the flow. He would offer an activist politics but it was always rooted in the center. In tone and content he sometimes appeared as an endangered species--as a moderate Republican. He tacked to the left to meet the primary challenges of Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown, and he sounded populist chords against Bush when his innate strategic sense told him it was wise. But in every major pronouncement he stayed square in the middle--where the votes were.
We will learn soon enough what was act and what is real. Whether or not he challenges us--as he promises--we will most assuredly challenge him. But we know something else already. We know something of the man. As the
