re: #12 Dark_Falcon

It was easier because he didn’t have to deal with a war, as George W. Bush had to do, nor a deep recession, as Barack Obama has had to do. Bill Clinton presided over a fairly prosperous time and benefits from the nostalgia attached to that time.

Bill Clinton created a prosperous time by increasing taxes, funding domestic programs, and making it possible for the middle class to advance. He inherited a deficit and left a surplus.