Bill Clinton: First term, or second term?

[Higgins]

Which do you feel was the better Bill Clinton presidential term?

First term for these purposes begins 1/20/1993 and ends 1/20/1997
Second term begins 1/21/1997 and ends 1/20/2001

[Higgins]

Both were forgettable and nothing of substance was accomplished. Clinton's lucky the dot com boom coincided with his presidency.

He fit the times though. I don't think Gen X, or the aging Boomers would've been into another ceremonial monarch type President like Reagan. The 90s were a generally neutral period, the age of anti-fashion, basking in the fact that we were number one after the Cold War. It was the first time in 40 years we didn't have to worry about nuclear war. So those times gave us a laid back, "hip", unevenful President who balanced the budget.