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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...liberal would never get another chance to blow 49 states in a presidential election. Guided by "neoliberals" like Senators Sam Nunn and Chuck Robb, armed with a raft of fiscally responsible Mr. Goodwrench programs, the D.L.C. is dedicated to yanking the party back to the middle. But neo, the prefix that was supposed to make liberalism safe for Democrats again, has instead made them boring. If a liberal is someone with his feet firmly planted in the air, a neo-liberal is the deadweight tethering him to the ground. Problems liberals were accused of throwing money at -- like poverty, homelessness...