These are the wise words from Kos in an interview on Radar Online excerpted here.
The full quote is as follows:
I personally think Bill Clinton destroyed the Democratic Party. He was a survivor and was under assault by the right wing, but he worked to protect himself at the expense of his party. We lost control of Congress during his tenure. So to me what's dangerous is this notion that having a strong idea about the future of our country is inherently bad, because it's partisan.
He goes on, quite appropriately, to categorically rule out supporting HRC for the nomination:
And privately. My choice will be Edwards, Obama, or Richardson. I love Edwards's rhetoric, but he's running against history. We have the chance to nominate the first African American or woman or Latino, and he's the white guy. For me it's going to come down to whoever has the clearest position on Iraq.
This is a welcome, if somewhat belated, statement of the obvious from Kos. And he's absolutely correct. An HRC victory sets the netroots movement back years.
As I've said before, that the power of the netroots has been diluted this cycle could be attributed to a lack of strong leadership from our leading bloggers. Now, when DLC style centrism poses its greatest threat to the party since Bill Clinton in the form of HRC, it's nice to see Kos step up in support of the ideals that first brought the netroots to prominence.