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...real turning point for Clinton was when the Republicans took Congress in 1994. If the Democrats had kept the majority, think what we would not have had: no rise and fall of Newt Gingrich, no triangulation, no pizza delivered by Monica Lewinsky during the government shutdown, no impeachment. Assuming Clinton would have been re-elected with a Democratic majority, then it would have fallen to Clinton and the Democratic Congress to figure out how to spend the surplus. If Clinton could have gotten passed the very legislation that Gore's been proposing, then think how extraordinary his legacy would have...
...budget over 10 years, and he was emboldened to escalate his demands to seven years. The government was kept running only through a series of continuing resolutions, and Gingrich and Clinton began to engage in an elaborate game of chicken. There was a real possibility of a serious government shutdown, and the blame could have gone either...
...need one store to close and then the next to open down the street without any time in between," Lee said. "If there is a shutdown for a long period of time, the move simply may no longer be possible from a monetary standpoint...
...adviser Dick Morris pushed Clinton to break with the Democrats and agree to a balanced budget. Gore then doubled back on Morris, who wanted Clinton to sign on to a budget bill that would have cut Medicare and other popular programs. Arguing against a deal, Gore predicted the government shutdown and convinced Clinton it would play into his hands. Gore, who wrote his college thesis on how the power of television gives the President an edge over Congress, even coached the President on exploiting the media. "Gore was the only one in the White House...
...having to forgo retirement benefits if those dotcom investments don't pan out. But it doesn't follow that the Contract with America or Newt Gingrich's willingness to let the Medicare agency "wither on the vine" didn't deserve one heck of a battle, even a government shutdown...