article_snippet: The Clintons zeroed in on the hyperpartisanship of some members of the GOP, such as House Speaker Newt Gingrich, claiming that the Republicans in Congress were on a mission to pull off a political coup.
article_snippet: As more Republicans can't resist jumping on the issue, Clinton will push back, focusing public attention less on the issue than on the idea that this is part of a political narrative to bring Clinton down.
article_snippet: If there is one thing that the Clintons understand, it is that the Clintons party is desperate for a good fight.
article_snippet: After years of dealing with congressional Republicans and the hardball tactics of conservative activists, the Clintons appreciate that members of their party are searching for leaders who will take on members of their party opponents.
article_snippet: Even when many Democrats were furious with the White House following the Monica Lewinsky revelation, the Clintons the Clintons appealed to partisan instincts and rallied the troops to fight for the troops as a way to push back against the GOP.
article_snippet: By 1998, the troops had transformed the issue from being about Clinton and perjury to a struggle to protect their party.
article_snippet: Given that Democrats feel the stakes are enormously high to keep control of the White House so that the next president can protect Obama's programs from Republican attack, Clinton will appeal to that instinct to carry Clinton through.