How Will Americans Regard Former-President Clinton?
Aired January 14, 2001 – 9:18 a.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. MILES O’BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: These, of course, the waning days of the Clinton presidency, and many Americans talking about his legacy. A “Newsweek” poll conducted last week asked Americans how history will view Mr. Clinton as president. Forty-one percent say he will be remembered as being above average, 34 percent of those polled average, 23 percent say Mr. Clinton will be seen as below average in the presidency column. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Wherever you may fit in that poll questioning, CNN’s Garrick Utley takes a look back at a president who was viewed as one of the more popular in history. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) GARRICK UTLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From the beginning, we knew that Bill Clinton’s performance, like his jazz riffs, would surprise us; sometimes move us, and even grate on us. He would be his own kind of
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