Not sure how old you are Streamer, so IDK if you can remember back to the '90s? BUT from the mid-90's on until "W" showed up, the '90s were generally a great time (for a lot of the country, and me). Clinton wiped out the defecit, tech stocks had the market rolling (of course it was going to crash, even I saw it), housing starts were way up too.

IMO the R's started the BIG division in Federal Politics when Newt and Ken Starr went after Clinton for impeachment as a result of the Lewinsky hearings. The R's just wouldn't drop it, so what..he got a hummer, who would blame him??? Even though Newt was having an affair at the same time, as well as his predacessor as Speaker of the House also! Pot meet kettle...oh yeah..there were lots of steelhead too...