Did Clinton Shift to the Center? No

Jonathan Bernstein:

A plain blog about politics: Did Clinton Shift to the Center?: Brendan Nyhan took down some myth-building by Fred Barnes this week, but in the process I think that Nyhan (and Matt Yglesias, in a follow-up) added to another myth: Bill Clinton's "shift" from left to center after the 1994 election. Was there a shift?  I don't really think so.  Certainly not on spending; Clinton's 1993 budget cut spending (and raised taxes) in order to shrink the deficit.... The...