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The Clinton Curse

After the Democrats lost their ill-gotten majority in the Senate after the 2002 mid-term elections, national pundits searched high and low to determine the cause behind such a seismic shift in American politics. This shift has been taking place for the last twenty years, and the Republican party seems to be on the verge of establishing a majority for a generation. The pundits swarmed to their leader, Bill Clinton, who had been out of the spotlight for days after the election results. "Please, Bill," they cried, "tell us what it all means! Make everything make sense!" Former President Clinton's answer was more spin, he blamed the Democrats inability to compete with Republicans in ...

Posted by: Andres Cisneros

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