Epstein Secrets

d. In 1972, Nixon won another term by a popular-vote margin of twenty-three points. In 1984, Reagan won his reelection by eighteen points. In 1992, Clinton won his by nine points. In 2004, Bush beat John Kerry by just 2.5 points, the smallest margin of victory for the reelection of a President since t

reelected Obama could suddenly find his best historical opportunity thrust upon him. Here the arc of Obama's Presidency begins to resemble that of Bill Clinton's. Both pursued bold domestic agendas in their first two years before Republicans made large midterm gains in Congress, which led to repeated clashes

eality of whatever situation they've inherited. "President Clinton used to say to us, `Look, this is what every Pre

precipitate drop in government spending would equal an economic contraction of more than five hundred billion dollars, more than three per cent of G.D.P. The impact could send a fragile economy back into a recession. "It's two to three times bigger in negative terms than even the biggest year of the

ion. 1993 — Dies at age 84 in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. 1993 — Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, from President Bill Clinton. "I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy.

dal of Freedom, posthumously, from President Bill Clinton. "I wish I could say that racism and prejudice w

In contrast, the gross domestic product grew at a rate of 2.7 percent over this period, with tax revenues increasing at about the same rate as the G.D.P. Spending on infrastructure and government services, excluding defense, has kept pace with gross domestic product growth. (Spending on infrastructur

are now promising to bring back the same failed policies that devastated the middle class and crashed the economy in the first place. As President Clinton said in Charlotte, "In Tampa, the Republican argument against the president's reelection was pretty simple: We left him a total mess, he hasn't fini

s and crashed the economy in the first place. As President Clinton said in Charlotte, "In Tampa, the Republican argu

.75 percent in 2050, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. By comparison, spending in this category has exceeded 8 percent of G.D.P. in every year since World War II. Spending for defense alone has not been lower than 3 percent of G.D.P. in any year during that period. Applying t

ddam Hussein? "I do not believe it is a rush to war," Biden said at the time. "I believe it is a march to peace and security." Or how about Hillary Clinton, then a first-term senator from New York, telling the Senate that "Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, h

because taxes are too low. US corporate taxes is the lowest in the industrialized world — corporate taxes are expected to raise just 1.3 percent of G.D.P. this year, about a third of what it was in the 1950s. American taxes (all levels) are 26.9% of the country's GDP in comparison to Canada 32.2%, Ger

"the jigsaw puzzle where somebody's EFTA_R1_00225773 EFTA01840717 lost the box and thrown away some of the pieces." Yet he believes that he and Clinton are now in agreement about the need for an international effort to stabilize Somalia. (As he puts it: "We could have written each other's speeches"

, collapse. But Ireland, which has done everything the austerity crowd wanted, is in terrible shape too, with unemployment near 15 percent and real G.D.P. down by double digits. Portugal and Spain are in similarly dire straits. And austerity in a slump doesn't just inflict vast suffering. There is gr

h the U.S. Supreme Court. The case—Zivotofsky v. Clinton, brought by the parents of Menachem Binyamin Ziv

ll-scale market run on the much larger economies of Spain and Italy. At this point countries in crisis account for about a third of the euro area's G.D.P., so the common European currency itself is under existential threat. And all indications are that European leaders are unwilling even to acknowled