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Clinton won by surfing the middle

Klinton won by moving to the right and because poppy sold out EVERY single constituency group in the Republican Party.

Both candidates moved to the middle, but one was moving right and the other left. Guess which one got an anemic 37% of the vote?

Clinton won again despite his tax increases and support of gun control.

Klinton won again because the GOP ran a washed up candidate because it "was his turn". Klinton had an approval rating of under 40% in 1995, but the RINOs stabbed Newt and the boys in the back, causing Klinton to be re-elected.

swing voters don't like THE PERCEPTION of extremism

So is that why the extremist Reagan won 49 states in 1980? Or why the extremist GOP candidates won 50+ seats in 1994?

Charisma combined with centrist campaigning wins elections.

Reagan had only one and won 2 landslides (3 if you count poppy riding his coattails in 1988). Gingrich had neither and led the most decisive mid term victory in 50 years.

Clinton had a shakey start in his first term. Raising taxes didn't help. Pandering to the gay rights in the military constituency was a particularly bad move. Hillary's appointment to Head of Healthcare reform....too much too soon. EXTREME! It got Newt in with the majority and they were bounced right back out because they were perceived as EXTREME!

The landslide election victories you cite don't disprove my point. McGovern, Carter, Mondale and Dukakis showed their true liberal colors and were perceived as too left of center. Most disturbing, after all the Clinton/Gore scandals, a razor thin defeat.