Tim Fernholz assures us that we don’t need to break out our flannel — this isn’t 1994:
I recently came upon a political artifact from a different time: The 1994 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Issues Book. A Bible-thick collection of rhetoric and talking points, this was the playbook Democratic operatives thought would sway voters during the ultimately disastrous midterm election of President Bill Clinton’s first term.
What might the yellowing pages might have to say about the defeat of Clinton’s health-care proposal, which contributed to Democrats losing their majorities in both the House and Senate? Disappointingly, almost nothing. When the book was published in March of 1994, health-care reform hadn’t failed yet.
