Clinton administration a contributing factor to loss of Columbia?

Years of declining NASA budgets under the Clinton administration and
NASA used as a political tool (GoreSat nonsense, gobs of money spent bailing
out he russian space program, messing with environmentally safe foam instead of
one that works better, etc).
Doesnt this deserve more attention? The report certainly considers
the budget a major factor. Seems to me Clinton/Gore failed NASA.
What do you think?