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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pritzker.
I disagree that we need a moderate. Republicans cast all democrats, moderates or not, as crazy leftist dems. Since moderates are never seen as moderates anyway, let’s put up a candidate that actually IS progressive.[/quote]

Agreed! The proof for me is the hatred that the GOP had for Bill Clinton, who positioned himself as a centrist. The went after him like rabid dogs despite the fact that he accomplished several things that the GOP would have embraced if he were a Republican:

1)[b]Welfare Reform[/b]: He signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act in 1996, overhauling the welfare system. The reform introduced work requirements, a five-year lifetime limit on federal benefits, and shifted much control to the states through block grants. Clinton aimed to reduce long-term dependency and promote employment, framing the effort as "ending welfare as we know it." Although controversial, the reform was a major bipartisan achievement during his presidency.

2) [b]Balanced Budget[/b]: He worked with a Republican Congress to pass the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, which combined spending cuts and tax increases to reduce the federal deficit. By the end of his presidency, the U.S. had achieved a budget surplus for the first time in decades.
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