Word: demming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discovered that Clinton can more easily appear the leader in opposition than in power, fighting against things instead of for them. It is an odd, frustrating position for someone who arrived in Washington two years ago brimming with ideas, promising change and assuring the public that he and the Dem-ocratic Congress would break gridlock. This year his most notable acts as President will be to create gridlock, with vetoes of Republican legislation he considers extreme. Whether the fight is over Clinton's program to fund 100,000 more police or the survival of his national-service youth corps...
...political and practical move by the Democrats to define themselves as clearly different from the Gingrich crowd, according to TIME political writer Michael Kramer. "Newt's free ride in the world of big think ends this week, " Kramer writes in this week's issue of TIME. But will the Dem's embattled big chief sign on? Writes Kramer: "Few expect him to summon the courage to tackle entitlements seriously...