The second strategy discussed in Dick Morris’ book is triangulation. This political term goes back to the second half of former President Clinton’s first term in office. When the democrats lost control of Congress in 1994, Clinton found himself alone in the political arena. Clinton turned to his top advisor Dick Morris for help, who delightedly created the strategy of triangulation. Morris defined triangulation as taking the best of both worlds political ideas, for example taking ideas from democrats and republicans to come up with a third alternative design. With democrats residing to the left and republicans residing to the right a third option must be considered to stay in the center to accomplish a bipartisan policy. This technique requires to reject the ideas of extreme liberalism and the extreme conservatism in which to create a mix and match of solutions towards political issues. A political leader who attempts to triangulate will more or less position themselves in the center rather than to the far left or right. This allows any political figure to evade the downsides of classifying themselves as being too extreme, for example U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater was considered too far right wing conservative. Being too far left or too far right can distance a political figure from possible voters or other political figures. …show more content…
Clinton achieved an extraordinary strategy of triangulation that led him to win the presidential election and eventually a second presidential election. As a two term president his domestic and foreign policies were successful through his shrewd strategies of triangulation. The inspiration of this strategy was conceived by Bill Clinton’s advisor Dick Morris who defined the tactic used during 1994 midterm electors and Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign. Triangulation was Clinton’s secret weapon when the Democratic Party no longer controlled Congress in