>But which President was more progressive than Clinton?
The revolutionary regime of William Henry Harrison, of course.
Look, Nathan, Clinton was one of the founders and prime agents behind the DLC, whose purpose in life was to complete the task of running away from McGovern. The whole point of his administration has been to solidify governance by the bond market, the Fed, and free trade. He snuffed one of the greatest hopes of pwogwessive Democrats, national health insurance, and gave us the managed care revolution. Johnson, when he wasn't killing Indochinese, at least gave us Medicare. When he wasn't killing Indochinese, Nixon gave us Food Stamps, the EPA, and a guaranteed minimum income; Clinton has given us the end of welfare, and would like to privatize Social Security if he can get away with it. He's got a worse record on civil liberties and environmental issues than his predecessors. Income inequality (measured by the gini index) in 1997 - despite the sustained, relatively low unemployment rate - was the highest since yearly numbers begin in 1947; it's likely the gini's the highest it's been since somewhere between 1929 and 1932. Clinton continues the embargos against Cuba and Iraq, doesn't mind blowing up a pharmaceutical factory in one of the poorest countries on earth, and has presided over the structural adjustment of hundreds of millions of people.
I know you'd like to be the George Stephanopolous of the future, but at least Stephie resigned rather than continuing to delude himself and others about Bill.
Doug