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The Era of the Eisenhower Democrat has passed...unfortunately

Oct 25, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 06 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

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Of course, Clinton only learned this lesson after losing Congress in 1994. Maybe history is about to repeat itself. Maybe the presence of Clinton on the campaign trail will shock President Obama and the Democrats into recalling the Third Way. Maybe the president is going to stop talking about government-directed “green jobs” and start talking about privately funded start-ups like Google and Facebook instead.

Or maybe not. In which case, the opportunities for conservatives and Republicans—like the opportunities in the global marketplace—will be endless.