But 1990 was just 2 years before the Clinton ascendancy.
“But 1990 was just 2 years before the Clinton ascendancy.”
Thank you, Ross Perot.
Clinton masqueraded as a moderate who would “end welfare as we know it”. He also put the idea out with the media that he would propose a tax cut of some kind.
But the main thing that got him elected, besides Perot, was his totally bogus claim that we had “the worst economy in 40 years”. In fact, the recession had ended the previous year.
You could throw in Bush’s lackluster debate performances, and one of them, with audience participation, was a setup. I think Slick Willie may have known the questions in advance. Even if he didn’t, he could be confident what the questions would be about.