Democrats paid the price for abandoning moderate Clinton-era policies
Opinion by Mark Penn
Let’s face it, the Democratic Party got off track.
Back in the late ’90s, President Bill Clinton had approval ratings in the 70s as the party stood for a form of centrist progressivism. It meant finding a vital center in which the party looked to give people in need a helping hand but required people take responsibility for their own actions. That meant the adoption of policies like Pell Grants that required a B average or work requirements for welfare or a balanced budget. The economy soared.
But the left fought these policies, and gradually they regained more and more power, beginning especially with the second term of President Barack Obama and ultimately becoming the guiding hand of the Biden administration. The Sanders-Biden pack, combined with a raft of Obama staff in key positions, sent the party into uncharted waters.
The border was thrown open while disingenuously claiming it was just fine. In came millions of unscreened migrants including murderers and gang members.
Democrats passed huge spending bills using COVID-19 as cover to dump trillions of dollars into climate change policies designed to wipe out fossil fuel use, even as alternatives are not really ready.
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