Paying a Price

(Fox News) - Bill Clinton has paid a price for his politicking in support of his wife's campaign. The latest Wall Street Journal NBC poll reports that 45 percent of Americans now view Clinton negatively, with only 42 percent seeing him positively. That is the worst such rating the former president has seen in five years.

During that period Mr. Clinton built the image of a world statesman, a role that sent his positive ratings toward the 60 percent mark and led one magazine to call him "President of the World."

The Politico newspaper quotes historian Alan Lichtman as saying that getting back into the political fray has damaged what he called Clinton's historical glow.