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Obama's Clinton Problem: Deregulation made the prosperity of the 1990s possible. Just ask Bill Clinton. - Reason Magazine
Republicans had many things going against them this election, but the financial market implosion in September proved to be the final blow that sealed their losses, as voters almost always associate the economy with the party in power. And when the credit crisis emerged as the top campaign ...
Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
washingtonindependent.com — Many foreign policy experts wonder whether a Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would reach beyond loyalists to bring in progressive Obama supporters after an acrimonious primary. (more) Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
iowahawk.typepad.com — WASHINGTON DC - Ending weeks of speculation and rumors, President-Elect Barack Obama today named Bill Clinton to join his incoming administration as President of the United States, where he will head the federal government's executive branch."I am ... (more) Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
So that was it?
corner.nationalreview.com — So a mere two weeks after victory, 'hope and change' and 'a break from the past' reified into parceling out posts to dozens of Clintonite retreads, plenty of the old requisite Ivy-League law degrees, ample influence from establishment ex-lobbyists, de ... (more) So that was it?
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OBAMA’S CLINTON PROBLEM: Deregulation made the prosperity of the 1990s possible. Just ask Bill Clin…
Instapundit — OBAMA’S CLINTON PROBLEM: Deregulation made the prosperity of the 1990s possible. Just ask Bill Clinton. Late in Clinton’s tenure, the White House put forth a document celebrating “Historic Economic Growth” during the administration and pointing to the policy accomplishments it deemed responsible for this growth. Among the achievements on Clinton’s list were “Modernizing for the New Economy through Technology and Consensus Deregulation.” That’s right, a Clinton White House document credited part of the ...

Reason Online: Clinton Admin Credited Deregulation for Good 1990s Economy
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... over the economy and created the current credit mess. Well, a lot of the deregulation was GOP-inspired, but that isn't what caused the situation that I like to refer to as The Great SUCKUP (The Seemingly Unlimited Cash Kitty Under Paulson). What John Berlau has found at Reason Online is that the Clinton Administration loved 1990s financial deregulation so much that it credited it as a contributor to the good economy of the last half of that decade. Berlau provides the proof: ..... when the credit crisis emerged as the top campaign ...

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