Candidate Bill Clinton: Promised to increase minimum wage
President Bill Clinton: Wants to keep the wage the same

Candidate Bill Clinton: Attacked Bushs policy of sending illegal Haitians back to Haiti
President Bill Clinton: Decided to maintain Bushs policy on Haiti.

Candidate Clinton, campaign ad, January 1992
Ive offered a comprehensive plan to get our economy moving again….It starts with a tax cut on the middle class.

Candidate Clinton, Jan. 12, 1992
I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt were going to make to have a short-term economic strategy.

President-elect Clinton, Jan 14, 1993
From New Hampshire forward, for reasons that absolutely mystify me, the press thought the most important issue in the race was the middle class tax cut. I never did meet any voter who thought that.

President Clinton, first Oval Office address, Feb. 15, 1993
I had hoped to invest in your [the middle classs] future…without asking more of you. And Ive worked harder than Ive ever worked in my life to meet that goal. But I cant.

Candidate Clinton, last presidential debate, Lansing Mich., Oct. 19, 1992
The real mistake he [President Bush] made was the read my lips promise in the first place. You just cant promise something like that just to get elected if you know theres a good chance that circumstances may overtake you.

President-elect Clinton, press conference, Jan. 14, 1993
We have a structural deficit that is too high. The American people would think I was foolish if I said I will not respond to changing circumstances.