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Bill Clinton: Campaign
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How to fight co-contenders of this magnitude is unchartered territory, a historical first much like the candidacies of Clinton and Obama. Obama's campaign has put together a "truth squad" in South Carolina to combat political allegations from the Clinton campaign, and they are responding to attacks by focusing on the future rather than the past.
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Following up on a campaign promise, Clinton pursued a balanced budget and made attempts to keep inflation in check. During his tenure, the U.S. enjoyed continuous economic expansion, reductions in unemployment, and growing wealth through a massive rise in the stock market. Although it is debated to what extent his policies were responsible, upon leaving office, Clinton proudly pointed to a number of economic accomplishments, including:
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[T]he final straw, Diaz, said, was the removal of Patti Solis Doyle as Clinton's campaign manager, which was announced over the weekend. The next day, Diaz, along with Assemblyman Jose Peralta, sent a letter to Clinton's campaign saying they felt the Hispanic community was being ignored, and Doyle treated as a scapegoat.
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Clinton embraces British Prime Minister . Shortly after taking office, Clinton fulfilled a campaign promise by signing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which required large employers to allow their employees to take unpaid leave because of a family or medical emergency. While this action was popular, Clinton's initial reluctance to fulfill another campaign promise relating to the acceptance of openly gay members of the military garnered criticism from both the left (for being too tentative in promoting gay rights) and the right (for being too insensitive to military life). After much debate, Clinton and the Pentagon agreed to a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, which officially remains in effect.
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In the 96 campaign before the 2nd debate that everyone was saying Dole was going to get rough on Clinton. Clinton was in Louisville,KY getting a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and remarked while swinging it " from what I have been hearing I might need to use this in the next debate" pretty funny I thought. Hope you don't think Bill was going to whack poor old Bob!
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