Obama: Like Clinton '92 or Clinton '93?

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The book, "The Clinton Economic Boom" - five factors combined to create an economic perfect storm during the Clinton years, and that the President had little if any influence over those factors.

Rich Zebro of NJ 3:12PM August 01, 2008

Mr. Pethokoukis, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS NEVER MUCH OF A PROBLEM

of MN 6:31PM July 23, 2008

GINGRICH WAS NEVER RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH A GROWTH. YOU FAIL TO PUT IT AS 1993-2001, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LARGE PERIOD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

of MN 6:28PM July 23, 2008

CLINTON DID REVIVE THE ECONOMY WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1993. YOU SUCK AT RESEARCH.

of MN 6:25PM July 23, 2008

Newt Gingrich DID NOT RUN THE ECONOMY LIKE THAT. BILL CLINTON WAS ABLE TO EVEN SUCCESSFULLY REFORM HEALTH CARE BY 1996. NEWT GINGRICH IS A JOKE OF A HUMAN BEING WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO ADMIT HE WAS ENGAGED IN A FAR MORE SERIOUS ADULTERY AFFAIR THAN CLINTON WAS.

of MN 6:23PM July 23, 2008

If I awake in the fall to the horror of Obama as President my first thought would be to rely on the congress to dilute his socialist fantasies. Then I would be forced into the realization that Pelosi and Reid will never be offsetting voices of reason. What would Obama be able to push through with a democrat congress? I shudder at the thought.

PATRICK J. DUGGAN of IL 3:49PM July 23, 2008

Bill Clinton Was A Bewildered Bozo
To this day Bill Clinton and his equally bewildered fans still don’t understand, appreciate, and much less admit that House Speaker Newt Gingrich ran the US government and economy from 1995 until Newt retired in 1999 leaving the strongest economy in American history in terms of net annual growth.
These realities were brought directly about by the federal budget surplus that Gingrich engineered and got Congress to pass. From the start Clinton vociferously opposed all of Gingrich’s selfless and most wise efforts at every opportunity and then tried to take credit for all Newt’s incredible achievements after the fact.
There is no debate or even a discussion about any of these realities among professional economists.
What astonishes me is that there are still Americans who believe that Clinton was an adequate leader. Bill Clinton was a bewildered yet arrogant Bozo leader and remains a joke of a man.
God bless you
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Vincent Mountjoy-Pepka
Author: Eloquence: The New Economics
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Vincent Mountjoy-Pepka of WA 10:02AM July 23, 2008

The deficit was ended by the republican congress, the end of the cold war, and the IT revolution led by Microsoft. Clinton had NOTHING to do with it.
His retro-active tax increase led to the downturn that hit during the last year of his administration.
During his campaign, he was for a middle class tax cut and sanctions against China. Both lies.
The underpining of the 90's prosperity included the Reagan tax cuts, the break up of AT&T - making possible the internet and the ending of the cold war so military money could be funneled into social programs.

C Phillips of GA 6:53AM July 23, 2008