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[ulysses]

when were the Democrats in power the way the Republicans are now in power?

The early nineties, if memory serves.

When the Democrats get the White House, both houses of Congress, and the judiciary, it'll be leftward ho!

Under the current leadership? You've got to be kidding.

And yet - geez - were not the Clinton eight years a helluva lot better for the left than the two plus years we've had of Bush Jr.?

For the record - yes, Clinton was better for the left than Dubya. That's not saying much (a toothache is better than stomach cancer), and in ways stretches things. If all you wanted was for someone to stop (sort of) right wing encroachment, then Clinton was nirvana. The idea that some of us actually expected something *positive* out of the first Democratic administration since Carter will undoubtedly bring out the "ideological purity" smear, but there it is.