The Democratic National Committee released a cute little video this week mocking the Sunday show line-up of Republicans: Cheney, Gingrich and McCain.  Democrats ask: Is this 1996 or 2009?  See the video here.

The basic premise is lame considering Dick Cheney wasn’t even a public servant in 1996.

But the larger point is the Democrats of 2009 bear a striking resemblance to the Democrats of the mid-90s themselves.

Joe Biden was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (now VP), Hillary Clinton was first lady (now SecState), Rahm Emanuel was senior advisor to Bill Clinton (now Chief of Staff to Obama), Larry Summers was Secretary of Treasury (now Obama’s Director of NEC), Eric Holder was Deputy Attorney General (now Attorney General), Carol Browner was head of EPA (now Obama’s energy czar), and my favorite - Rob Klain was Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore (now he’s…wait for it…Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden).

It’s the third part of the Clinton administration trilogy and you know what they say about the second and third installment…never as good as the original.