Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.

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The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates...

The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates...

It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that...

It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that...

It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because...

It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because...

On health care, virtually every political error that could be made was made.

On health care, virtually every political error that could be made was made.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think...

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think...

What happened to the Bush Administration regarding terrorism is that they regarded it as a...

What happened to the Bush Administration regarding terrorism is that they regarded it as a...

The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.

The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of...

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of...

It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow....

It was the biggest suppression of voting rights in our country's history since Jim Crow....

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the...

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the...

It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who...

It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who...

22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush.

22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush.

Clinton was very early on aware of the problem of international terrorism.

Clinton was very early on aware of the problem of international terrorism.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has...

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has...

Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House.

Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House.

Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate...

Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate...

We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to...

We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to...

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own...

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own...

The attack on Clinton on terrorism is entirely politically inspired by the right-wing of the...

The attack on Clinton on terrorism is entirely politically inspired by the right-wing of the...