Act like Democrats.

[JHB]

50. 10-20 years? Please double that.

It was Bill Clinton who acquiesced to Reaganomics, in much the same way that Eisenhower acquiesced to the basic New Deal structure, by emphasizing the need to be seen as "pro business" and working within the basic Reagan framework rather than pushing back. In the conditions of the time it may have seemed like the right move, but it undermined the Democratic Party's brand as "the party that looks out for the little guy". in retrospect, it has cost us repeatedly. It's the reason Hillary lost to Obama in the 2008 primaries, and Obama's going along with that perspective was a major factor in the 2010 "shellacking."