Did the Party change under Bill Clinton?

[kentuck]

In what way?

Does it need to change again?

In what way?

[tonyt53]

1. Not at all

The party changed in no way. Real Democrats go out and voted. Real Democrats will decide what changes if any will happen, not a bunch of bandwagon jumpers.

[PowerToThePeople]

12. enjoy your stay.

[MrTriumph]

2. Of couse it did. It shrank.

And, under continued Big Money influence, it continues to shrink.

[Fresh_Start]

9. The democratic party was stable under clinton

the real damage was done under Reagan

http://www.people-press.org/interactives/party-id-trend/

essentially democrats had abandoned most progressive ideas

[kentuck]

11. Yes. Newt and the Repubs took over House for first time in about 40 years.

Very stable.

[TM99]

3. Of course it changed.

This is historical fact at this point.

Look up Al Fromm, the DLC, neoliberalism, Third Way triangulation, and compare policies under the Clinton administration with those of Republican ones - drug war, welfare reform, banking de-regulation, free trade, LGBT civil rights, etc.

[Fresh_Start]

4. It changed most under Reagan

as many Democrats became Reagan democrats...mostly so they could shit on people in need
Basically the middle class abandoned the democratic party to become republicans

Clinton tried to recapture the middle class which had already abandoned the democratic party

The republican party basically painted a picture that most people in need were in that condition due to
either gaming the system (the single mom with 6 kids and 5 baby daddies)

or

needed to be incented to improve their condition because living on the dole was too easy


So yes the democratic party changed...in order to recapture some influence other wise it was destined to be a minor party

[Rex]

8. And that is it right there. Reagan did so much damage that we still suffer under Reaganomics.

They pretended government is the problem and not the people running it (which was them), worked like a charm. The media copied this idea and it was a race to the bottom after that.

[StevieM]

5. I would be interested in seeing Dukakis's tax plan from 1988 and comparing it to what

Clinton passed in 1993. I would be surprised if the Dukakis plan was any more liberal.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Yeah, it won two elections in a row under him after losing five of the last six.

[tokenlib]

7. Yes, he let the cockroaches and bedbugs of the DLC/Third Way into the tent..n/t

[RiverLover]

10. Yes. Clintonism republican lite has done lasting damage.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1277&pid=8899

We need to bring Dems back to being FDR's Party for the People, not the Clintonism's Party for the 1%, who give US progressive BS campaign pitches to get our votes & then work for the 1% in office.

The Democratic Party itself has become Democratic In Name Only, thanks largely to Bill & Hil. If the DNC can't be Democratic, which this election has proven, we need a viable new third party.