Return To "The Hyper-Partisanship Of The Clinton Years"?

So David Gregory and Michelle what's-her-name were just on MSNBC oozing fake concern about Obama staffing his administration with several old Clinton folks. After all the talk about post-partisanship, they asked, doesn't this mean a return to "the hyper-partisanship of the Clinton years?"

The clear suggestion was that somehow Obama reneging on his promise, and any resulting partisan insanity was his fault.

And the presupposition was that the Clintons brought on the hyperpartisanship of the Clinton era.

But, of course, both of these things are false.

Democrats cannot be blamed for the insane anti-Clinton hyper-partisanship of the Clinton era, and Obama cannot be blamed if it erupts again because he chooses people from the Clinton administration for his administration. The anti-Clinton hysteria in question was entirely the fault of conservatives. Despite his relative centrism, they were accusing him of murder and callig for his impeachment before he was even inaugurated. (Sound at all familiar?)

These are such obvious points that it's difficult to believe that any informed, sensible person could seriously contest them. My guess is that Gregory and what's-her-name were just fishing for controversy. But this is the kind of lunacy that could easily catch on on the right. I, for one, will not be surprised if our friends across the aisle try to blame Obama for their hyper-partisan craziness, and use his Clinton appointees as some kind of excuse.