If you go back and watch Clinton's SOTU speeches the first 2 years, he stated "Deficits as far as the eye can see". When Newt took over, remember the gubmint shutdown? He held the line on spending and FORCED the issue on Billy.
Don’t get me wrong: Bill was not the only one. I remember the contract and I remember the wave of Republicans into office. It still doesn’t change the fact that Bill did speak about and work for the balance. Perhaps, if given everything he wanted, he wouldn’t have balanced the budget. Clinton was a master of trying to make everything work for him.
Incidentally, if we believe this formula, we really need a liberal in the white house with a conservative congress. Perhaps, Coulter is right about Clinton being better than McCain.
My point is that Bush should have been able to accomplish so much more. It is not that Clinton was a good guy. Sadly, Bush has ended up being the worst President as far as the budget and spending have been concerned.