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The Bill Clinton Years!
Traditional Stereotypes
Democrats/Liberals Republicans/Conservatives
“Tax and Spend” “Favor the rich”
• government action government is the problemcan be the solution
• government spending cut government spending is necessary
• taxes are necessary cut taxes
• government regulation cut government regulation is necessary
Democratic Party Changes
1960s-1980s1. Loss of South2. Reagan shifts the electorate to right3. Crushing loss in 19844. Deficit5. Tax Revolts6. Perceived failure of Great Society and
Reaganomics
Democratic Party Changes
New Democrats• Socially liberal• Fiscally Conservative• Pro-Business • Government has limited, but important
role
Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)
The New PoliticsDemocrats
Liberals vs. CentristsNew Deal/Great Society Democratic Leadership Council• pro-labor pro-business• maybe protectionist free trade• socially liberal socially liberal• activist government limited, but important, government
roleMembers:• Sen. Walter Mondale Pres. Bill Clinton• Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA) VP Al Gore• Sen. Harry Reid (NV) Gov. Mark Warner (VA)• Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA) Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY)• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA) Sen. Barack Obama (IL)• Gov. Bill Richardson (NM) Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI)• Sen. Robert Byrd (WV) Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (KS)
• Winner: Centrists
The New Politics• Republicans
• Moderates vs. Conservatives• pro-choice anti-abortion• balanced budget balanced budget• socially liberal socially conservative• small, but active, government government is the problem
• Members:• Gov. George H. W. Bush Pres. George W. Bush• Mayor Rudy Giuliani VP Dick Cheney• Sen. John McCain (AZ) Gov. Mike Huckabee (AR)• Sen. Richard Lugar (IN) Rep. Newt Gingrich (GA)• Sen. Olympia Snowe (ME) Rep. Tom Delay (TX)• Gov. Mitt Romney Sen. Mitch McConnell
(KY)• Sen. Chuck Hagel Justice Antonin Scalia
• Winner: Conservatives
1992
• Clinton 43%• Bush 37%• Perot 19%• The electoral map 1992
Was Clinton a New Democrat?
• Gays in the military• Health Care• Budget• “Triangulation” and Welfare Reform• Trade
Clinton’s Legacy?1. Economic World Order Building• NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement• FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas• APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation• WTO: World Trade Organization
The Trust Issue (s)
I did not have sexual relations with that
woman…
I did not inhale…
What is Whitewater…
Paula who…
Clinton Haters
• American Spectator• Regnery Publications
Whitewater-Lewinsky Chronology I
Whitewater Vince Foster Estates story suicide(NY Times) (July 93)
investigation; Atty Gen Robert Fiske (1994) files disappear Reno mid-1994 Kenneth Starr
appoints Strategy: find Independent anyone who Clinton
Counsel told about finances
American Spectator David Brock Paula goes public; Paula’s lawyers“Arkansas project” Story about sues President Clinton enemies
“Paula”
Clinton Arkansas Rivals
Whitewater-Lewinsky Chronology II
Nov. 1995 Affair endsClinton begins 1997Affair with Lewinsky
Jan 1998 August 1998 Starr reportJones’ lawyers Clinton testifies Sept 1998get a tip; Starr’s Grand Jury;ask about Lewinsky denies affair
Jan 1997USSC rules; Reno gives Starr Starr gets tapes ImpeachmentLegal to sue a approval to of Lewinsky-Tripp proceedings President investigate conversations begin
Clinton-Lewinsky Dec. 1998 Jan 1998
Clinton and LewinskySenate
deposed in civil trial;acquits
deny affair 1/99
Lewinsky Gate
• Comparison to other scandals• Whitewater Estates• Vince Foster
David Brock Paula Jones
Articles of Impeachment
• Article One: Perjury before Grand Jury– Passed House; rejected by Senate
• Article Two: Perjury in Civil Suit– Rejected by House
• Article Three: Obstruction of Justice– Passed House; rejected by Senate
• Article Four: Perjury in Questions to Judiciary Committee– Rejected by House