A raging liberal by today's standards. He left as a moderate, which had a lot to do with the fact that he got his Democratic colleagues' asses whipped in the 94 midterms.
Remember the Bill Clinton who spoke out for gays, went out of his way to address the AIDS crisis, got elected to the presidency as an admitted pot-smoking, draft-dodging, war protester?
Clinton did what he had to do to get things done, and yes, it moderated him quite a bit. He was always interested in using corporations to get his foot in the door...ask Al Gore what happens when you step on corporations' toes in a presidential campaign.
But the idea that somehow Clinton was this GOP lite when he got elected is ridiculous. Your hippie buddies said that Clinton=Raygun? Check the budget deficit, the diplomacy, the economy, and the crime level.
Unbelievable. The Clinton you wanted never could have gotten re-elected.