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Bill Clinton wanted to changeAmerica. During his 1992 cam- paign for the pre s i d e n c y, he pro m i s e dto be “an agent of change.” It is ap romise he has kept. Just as Andrew Jackson ushered in a m o re democratic age for the youngnation, and Theod o re Rooseveltt u rned the presidency into a bully pul-pit, and Franklin Roosevelt gre a t l yexpanded the role of government, sotoo has Bill Clinton injected re v o l u-t i o n a ry changes into the nation’s poli-tics. In Clinton’s case, however, hischanges may not receive the same kindof historical judgment as those of hisp re d e c e s s o r s . Bill Clinton’s transformation of American politics began during his1992 campaign, but it had its gre a t e s timpact during his impeachment battle.And it is through the lens of impeach-ment that the Clinton political re v o l u-tion can be seen most succinctly. Most likely, the details of the Clin- ton impeachment will fade with time.H i s t o ry books will devote little text tothe substance of the impeachment art i-cles, and the name Monica Lewinskywill be relegated to the most obscure offootnotes. This is not to say, however,that the impeachment will leave nolasting legacy. But this legacy willinvolve more the way in which Clin-ton combated the impeachmentc h a rges than the substance of those...