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Amy Dugan Member Posts: 305 |
Consider the example of Bill Clinton. Two years into his presidency, Clinton appeared ruined. Republicans stampeded in the 1994 midterm elections to capture the House and Senate, leaving Clinton to argue for his own relevance. But Clinton understood that the Republicans had benefited from a public perception that he had lurched to the left on healthcare and gays in the military. Clinton began his comeback by forcefully taking on unsympathetic Republican rivals such as Newt Gingrich. But he also "triangulated"
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