AHC: Clinton successful at reversing slide of middle-income jobs, and has net win in the ‘94 mid-terms?

[alspug]

I'm not %100 sure on this but from what I know the Clinton Presidency was the last time the two major parties worked together on legislation without it turning into a spectator sport. Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton probably did not like each other but they generally seem to have worked together on moving forward.

 

[RousseauX]

The first part is OTL (at least in the short term). We created 23 million new jobs and the real median income went up.

Some aspects of the 1990s aged poorly, of course. NAFTA was a bad deal in the long run, and the tech boom became a liability when it became feasible to send white collar jobs overseas.

in 1992-1994?

most of that was prob more like the mid-late 90s

 

[GeographyDude]

. . . Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton probably did not like each other but they generally seem to have worked together on moving forward.

in 1992-1994?

most of that was prob more like the mid-late 90s

Newt Gingrich was a scorched earth kind of guy.

Now, he was chastened and tamed somewhat since the public blamed him and the Republicans more for the 1995 government shutdown than they blamed Clinton.

There was actually a pair of shutdowns. There was the relatively brief Nov. 14 -19, 1995, shutdown. And there was the lengthy Dec. 16, ‘95 to Jan. 5, ‘96 shutdown, yes, with federal workers furloughed over Christmas. And it didn’t help that “The Gingrich who stole Christmas” made for an easy pun!