To the Editor:

Maureen Dowd’s column reminded me why I voted for Bill Clinton in 1992. It also reminded me why I did not vote for him in 1996.

Like many Americans, I am ready for a change, and that means moving beyond the Clinton and Bush years of unproductive nastiness and partisanship.

It’s too bad that a vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton means a vote for Bill Clinton, because I would really like to see a woman as president and I think that Mrs. Clinton has done a good job as senator for New York.

If Senator Clinton is the Democratic nominee, and if either Senator John McCain or former Gov. Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee, I believe that despite the disarray in the Republican Party, a lot of moderates from both parties will think twice before electing “two for one.”

Robin Albing
Flemington, N.J., Jan. 23, 2008

Note from KBJ: Like the letter writer, I voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 but not in 1996. I said many months ago that there are many people out there who would like to see Hillary Clinton as president, but cannot abide another four or eight years of Bill in the White House. Her chances would probably improve if she divorced him.