Did Clinton and timid democrats help push America to the right?

[Gothic Sponge]

In the last 10 years everyone that i've met that seems conservative to me has called themselves moderates. It's become a tug of war in America and the middle of the rope is on the conservative side. As much as i liked Clinton, he was not a liberal. Many times i felt he was pandering to the right-wing. IMO he was for lack of a better word a conservative democrat. Because of Clinton's ideology i wonder if he may have played a part in skewing the line between right-wing and left-wing. I know it's mostly the non-cons and their constant crying that played the biggest part in the shift, but does Clinton and some timid democrats share the blame? I'm just trying to retrace how we got here...