Bill Clinton was not nearly so liberal as many people made and continue to make him out to be. He actually signed a lot of the conservative legislation that Congress passed in 1995-1996. Unfortunately, when Clinton took credit for signing all that stuff, the Stupid Party proceeded to bash Clinton (and effectively repudiate the agenda they themselves had actually initiated) rather than remind people that to continue Clinton's agenda they needed to elect Republicans to Congress.
“Bill Clinton was not nearly so liberal as many people made and continue to make him out to be. He actually signed a lot of the conservative legislation that Congress passed in 1995-1996.”
I agree he was more of an opportunist than an ideologue, but he was “beholden” to liberal activist groups (as well as the mainstream liberal special interests) and did their bidding more times than not. He would throw the “mushy middle” a bone (to make them think he wasn’t “as liberal as they would have you believe”) and sit down with his true friends and partake in a feast, laughing at how easy it was to fool the American people day in and day out. Some, but not enough, of us could see right through him though. Still can.