Blumenthal recounts the Bill Clinton years. Describing Clinton as part of a line of progressive presidents, he argues each progressive president inherits the unfinished business of the previous progressive president--in Clinton's case, JFK. Blumenthal often comments on the Republican opposition, focusing on Newt Gingrich, and the Whitewater and Lewinsky scandals. In the process, he offers several human-interest tales of Clinton's character.