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Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JohnM who wrote (140165)	7/2/2010 3:54:27 PM
From: Paul Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542946

difference in the Rep parties. The one Clinton faced was actually interested in governing, at least in the senate; this one, the one Obama faces, has no interest in policy making only grabbing power. I don't think so. Clinton started out going hard to the left with issues like gays in the military and health care and didn't have much success. If he had continued on that path, he would have been a failed President that only achieved things that he could do on a pure partisan basis. Ignoring his personal failings, Clinton was not a failed President because he shifted from the left to the Center (unclear that Obama will do this - he might, but I doubt it). Once he moved to the center, Clinton had big success with moderate issues (not liberal) like Welfare reform and NAFTA. If given the choice between having Clinton as POTUS or Obama, I would pick Clinton. Clinton knew how to adjust and gain popularity by moving to the center.