As far as politics, post-1994 he was a great Republican president. He did all the stuff well that many Republicans claim when they're out of power that'll they do such as balancing the budget, and growing the economy (which had more to do with the tech boom), and never actually do when elected. In 1996, he prided himself on reducing the size of government, pandered to socially conservative parents by supporting school uniforms as well as the War on Drugs, and ran away from liberalism. His laundry list of bad things include block granting welfare, deregulating wall street (which of course helped trigger the Great Recession), Crime Bill, brought back the death penalty, NAFTA, and arguably assault weapons ban. Pre-1994, he did some good stuff however, like raising taxes on the wealthy, Brady Bill, and the last major voting rights legislation, and unpaid medical leave. Childrens health insurance program was good post-1994 and overall wasn't bad on foreign policy, at least compared to his successors. And yet he was arguably the most liberal one could get during that era - the stagflation of the late 70s and rise of culture wars made the democratic brand toxic. Honestly I'd say FF if it wasn't for Welfare reform and repeal of Glass-Steagall, but since those two, and especially the latter were so bad, I'd say HP.
Dubya's embrace of Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, and the Assault Weapons Ban elimimated some of the differences between Clinton and the GOP, making Clinton look like a Republican.
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