The Democrats really have to start behaving like rival camps on a schoolyard. Traditionally, former Presidents and Presidential candidates stay very quite during the primary season - the ethos that a former Commander in Chief or Presidential cadidate can bring to bear on a question that essentially comes down to a political party's future can be overwhelming. If nothing else, it is a question of class and propriety. The problem for the Democrats is that, with the exception of Clinton, the people that fall under the description of ex-Presidential candidates within the last couple of decades aren't exactly shining examples of class. First Al Gore and now Jimmy Carter have either endorsed or, in Carter’s case, offer “words of praise [in order to] boost” Howard Dean before a single primary ballot has been cast! Of course, neither Gore nor Carter have ever really been men of stature - they were both much smaller than the Presidency, and saw it more as a vehicle for personal growth than as the greatest office in the world. When Bill Clinton is the classiest guy that you’ve thrown up for President in approximately two decades, maybe you have a bigger problem than fundraising.