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Originally posted by Liquor Dealer
I think I heard this expressed in probably the most basic of ways this morning - it went something like - George Bush out Clintoned Bill Clinton - He presented something that was the other parties as his own, pushed it through Congress - burned the other party and will get all the credit! If it was OK for Clinton surely you'll concede a little to George!
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I'll give the bush administration credit. Getting a huge bill like this passed takes a hell of a lot of work.
And your point is good, Clinton gets much of the credit for welfare reform, when he largely just co-opted the republican agenda, watered it down a bit to where he could pass the vote, and called it victory.
Bush's loss on the "energy" bill shows that there are still a few people with principles in congress, though.
Overall, the shooting down of the energy bill and the passing of some (flawed) Medicare reforms makes me a reasonably happy liberal. I can't hope for much more in a republican-led government.