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An Uncertain Future: Clinton and Bush II
The Perot Revolt
• A New Generation• William Clinton (D)• Bush I and Quayle (R)• H. Ross Perot (Independent)• Rodney King Riots• Perot: 19.7 million and 0 EV• Bush: 39.1 million / 168 EV• Clinton: 44.9 million / 370 EV
Neoliberalism
• Neoliberals
• Higher Taxes on the Rich
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Problems
• Health Care Reform
• Waffler?
• “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
• Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Breyer
• Court Tilts Right Anyway
Foreign Policy
• Palestine and Israel
• China
• Somalia and Rwanda
• Bosnia
• NATO changes
Clinton vs. Republicans
• 1994 Midterms– Newt Gingrich– Contract with America
• The Budget Crisis of 1995-6
• Welfare Reform
1996
• Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole (R)
• Perot and the Reform Party
• Clinton: 47.4 million (379 electoral)
• Dole: 39.2 million (159 electoral)
• Perot: 8 million
Clinton’s Second Term
• Violence and Domestic Terror
• Conservatives vs. Crime
• War on Drugs
• Falling Crime
• Debating the Death Penalty
Clinton Self-Destructs
• Whitewater
• Ken Starr
• Monica Lewinsky
• Definitions of Sex
• Impeachment
• Consequences
“It’s the Economy, Stupid”--The 1990s Boom
• Boom Times
• The Surplus
• Higher Efficiency
• The Service Economy
• Urban
• High-Tech Sector– Silicon Valley
Instant Communications
• The Internet
• The World Wide Web
• The Dotcoms
• Mobile Telephones / Cellphones
• Into the World Market
Politics of Trade
• NAFTA
• World Trade Organization
• Tourism and Trade
Broadening Democracy
• Clinton and Bush II’s first cabinets
• America in 2000:– 281,400,000 Americans– Growing Ethnic Diversity: 35.2 million
hispanics, 34 million blacks, 10.24 Asian Americans
Women in Politics
• National Level
• Women in Suburban Politics
• National Organizations
• The Clarence Thomas nomination
• Women in Office
• Gender Gap
Minorities at the Ballot Box
• Political Power at the Local Level
• Return to District Voting
• National Level
• Equalization?
• Illegal Immigration and Bilingual Education
• Affirmative Action?– University of California vs. Bakke (1978)
The 2000 Election
• Albert Gore, Jr.
• George Bush, Jr.
• The Florida Mess
• The Power of the Center
Bush Before 9-11
• King of Deficits
• Deregulation
• Education– No Child Left Behind (2001)– Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
• Downsized Diplomacy
9-11: The Towers Are Falling
• Al-Queda
• Afghanistan
• Ignoring the Threat
• 9-11
• Placing Blame
• Brief Unity
Responses to 9-11
• Security Measures– The Patriot Act – The Department of Homeland Security
• Oppression of Dissent
• Afghanistan
Iraq War II
• Revenge
• Lies and other Excuses
• The UN
• March 2003 Invasion
• Swift Victory: May 1, 2003
• Failed Aftermath: Over 3,000 US soldiers dead
Arrogation of Powers
• Imperial Commander in Chief
• Executive Privilege
• Imperial Vice President
• Heritage of the Nixon and Ford Administrations
Bush II Meltdown
• Abu Ghraib
• 2004: John Kerry (D) vs. Bush II (R)– A Narrow Defeat
• Hurricane Katrina (2005)
• Trouble in Iraq
• 2006: Democratic Comeback– Republican Filibustering
• Bush Plumbs New Depths