election question

verte76 · 02-27-2004, 10:40 PM

Many of us remember when Clinton was running for president and his people were using "it's the economy stupid" as a guide for the campaign. This was very true of a post-Cold War campaign; earlier Democrats had suffered from being "soft" on defense, but not Clinton. Is it still "the economy stupid" post 9/11? Is foreign policy more important in 2004 than it was in 1992? Why or why not? Opinions wanted please!!

nbcrusader · 02-27-2004, 11:47 PM

With GHWB, the perception was that he did nothing to move the economy out of a recession (to the extent a president can control this). With last year's tax cuts and consecutive quarters of growth, the catch phrase will not be as effective this year.

02-27-2004, 10:40 PM	#1
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 05:21 PM	election question Many of us remember when Clinton was running for president and his people were using "it's the economy stupid" as a guide for the campaign. This was very true of a post-Cold War campaign; earlier Democrats had suffered from being "soft" on defense, but not Clinton. Is it still "the economy stupid" post 9/11? Is foreign policy more important in 2004 than it was in 1992? Why or why not? Opinions wanted please!! __________________

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02-27-2004, 11:47 PM	#2
nbcrusader Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,071 Local Time: 09:21 AM	With GHWB, the perception was that he did nothing to move the economy out of a recession (to the extent a president can control this). With last year's tax cuts and consecutive quarters of growth, the catch phrase will not be as effective this year.