The Ills of the System

Thanks to the election of Bill Clinton, Americans are going to discover whether a change in leadership can cure the ills of their political system. Are the inadequacies in governing that have given rise to so much discontent mainly a product, as many people think, of divided government combined with divisive and inept presidential leadership? If so, it would be hard to imagine, at this point at least, a more promising remedy than a president with Clinton’s energy and political skills wo...