The only budgets clinton ever cut was in defense
Until the Republicans took over in 1994, he was onhis way with record deficits.
While the current morph of Republicans are not nearly as tight with domestic fiscal spending as they should be, if you are thinking the dems would ever be more responsible with domestic spending, I have a bridge to sell you.
And as long as the democrats are mostly in delusional thinking regarding national security, they haven't a hope of recovering power.
From listening to the current crop of wannabes and couldbes, it is going to be a long time before the dems come back to power.
Ed