1. An Uncertain Future: Clinton and Bush II

2. The Perot Revolt A New Generation William Clinton (D) Bush I and Quayle (R) H. Ross Perot (Independent) Rodney King Riots Perot: 19.7 million and 0 EV Bush: 39.1 million / 168 EV Clinton: 44.9 million / 370 EV

3. Neoliberalism Neoliberals Higher Taxes on the Rich Earned Income Tax Credit The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

4. Problems Health Care Reform Waffler? “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Breyer Court Tilts Right Anyway

5. Foreign Policy Palestine and Israel China Somalia and Rwanda Bosnia NATO changes

6. Clinton vs. Republicans 1994 Midterms –Newt Gingrich –Contract with America The Budget Crisis of 1995-6 Welfare Reform

7. 1996 Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole (R) Perot and the Reform Party Clinton: 47.4 million (379 electoral) Dole: 39.2 million (159 electoral) Perot: 8 million

8. Clinton’s Second Term Violence and Domestic Terror Conservatives vs. Crime War on Drugs Falling Crime Debating the Death Penalty

9. Clinton Self-Destructs Whitewater Ken Starr Monica Lewinsky Definitions of Sex Impeachment Consequences

10. “It’s the Economy, Stupid” --The 1990s Boom Boom Times The Surplus Higher Efficiency The Service Economy Urban High-Tech Sector –Silicon Valley

11. Instant Communications The Internet The World Wide Web The Dotcoms Mobile Telephones / Cellphones Into the World Market

12. Politics of Trade NAFTA World Trade Organization Tourism and Trade

13. Broadening Democracy Clinton and Bush II’s first cabinets America in 2000: –281,400,000 Americans –Growing Ethnic Diversity: 35.2 million hispanics, 34 million blacks, 10.24 Asian Americans

14. Women in Politics National Level Women in Suburban Politics National Organizations The Clarence Thomas nomination Women in Office Gender Gap

15. Minorities at the Ballot Box Political Power at the Local Level Return to District Voting National Level Equalization? Illegal Immigration and Bilingual Education Affirmative Action? –University of California vs. Bakke (1978)

16. The 2000 Election Albert Gore, Jr. George Bush, Jr. The Florida Mess The Power of the Center

17. Bush Before 9-11 King of Deficits Deregulation Education –No Child Left Behind (2001) –Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002) Downsized Diplomacy

18. 9-11: The Towers Are Falling Al-Queda Afghanistan Ignoring the Threat 9-11 Placing Blame Brief Unity

19. Responses to 9-11 Security Measures –The Patriot Act –The Department of Homeland Security Oppression of Dissent Afghanistan

20. Iraq War II Revenge Lies and other Excuses The UN March 2003 Invasion Swift Victory: May 1, 2003 Failed Aftermath: Over 3,000 US soldiers dead

21. Arrogation of Powers Imperial Commander in Chief Executive Privilege Imperial Vice President Heritage of the Nixon and Ford Administrations

22. Bush II Meltdown Abu Ghraib 2004: John Kerry (D) vs. Bush II (R) –A Narrow Defeat Hurricane Katrina (2005) Trouble in Iraq 2006: Democratic Comeback –Republican Filibustering Bush Plumbs New Depths