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A 1991 Newsweek poll of the nation’s Governors found that Bill Clinton was the most effective Governor in the U.S.Mr. Clinton can point to numerous achievements as leader of one of the nation's poorest states. They include his relentless efforts to increase educational financing and standards, the expansion of health-care services to the poor and to schoolchildren, a national reputation for innovation in government, and a state economy that is growing faster than the national average."I think his record as Governor is probably the best record that I know of any Governor, especially when you consider it's not something he just did over a few years, but that it's over 11 years, and he has consistently been on the cutting edge," said Gov. Zell Miller of Georgia, who is supporting Mr. Clinton in the state's Democratic primary.With an Eye to DukakisMr. Clinton's record will probably be closely scrutinized because unlike an individual lawmaker, a governor can produce a real record in terms of developing and implementing programs. But as Mr. Dukakis painfully learned, a governor's record can be both fragile and an inviting political target.While the record Mr. Clinton runs on is geared more to long-term change than was Mr. Dukakis's fleeting "Massachusetts Miracle," the Arkansan could be vulnerable on taxes, which increased and became more regressive during his tenure, and on issues like the environment and the social service bureaucracy.And Mr. Clinton faces the recurring criticism that he has learned the art of political survival too well -- ducking tough battles on issues like tax equity."He spends too much time taking care of his enemies and not enough time taking care of his friends," said Tommy Robinson, a former Congressman who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor in 1990. "Clinton wants everyone to love him."It is an argument the Governor is quick to dispute."Show me another surviving governor who got elected five times during the tough times of the 80's, that got more done and changed more lives and stood up to more interest groups and raised more money for education," Mr. Clinton said in a recent interviewHis record on education is widely viewed as the high mark of his tenure. The question some critics ask is whether it is a symbol of his accomplishments or a reminder that his overall record could have been better.Snapping Back Caution and Success From Early DefeatArkansas is hardly an auspicious springboard for a national campaign. At 2.5 million people, it is the least populous state in the South. Its largest city, Little Rock, has a population of only 174,000, and its economy is dominated by traditional industries like lumber, poultry and oil and gas."This is a tough, tough state," said Diane Blair, a political science professor at the University of Arkansas, who is an expert on Arkansas politics and a supporter of Mr. Clinton. "There's a tremendous resistance to taxes. There's an enormous suspicion of activism, particularly by government. He's had to make a lot of tough judgments, and I think on balance his judgments have been excellent. This is a state in which the things that need attention will always outweigh the amount of attention any one individual can give them."But others argue that governors of bigger states face challenges more complicated than does the leader of a state whose population is only slightly smaller than Chicago's.A Rhodes Scholar and Yale Law School graduate, Mr. Clinton was first elected in 1978 when, at the age of 32, he became the nation's youngest Governor. His career has been shaped by his lowest moment, which came two years later.Angered by an increase in automobile license fees and what was taken to be Mr. Clinton's somewhat imperial style, voters kicked him out of office, replacing him with Frank White, a little-known Republican.Chastened, Mr. Clinton resolved to run again. In 1982, he easily defeated Mr. White and has been Governor ever since.In his first term, in 1978, he offered a far-ranging package of liberal proposals. Since then, he has painstakingly picked his issues, built his coalitions and chosen his fights. To admirers, that has shown a shrewd ability to use his political capital where it could achieve results. Critics have seen it as timidity in taking on powerful interests.Advances in EducationFew criticize his record on education."A lot of Southern governors have done a lot of talking about education, but the rubber meets the road when you start paying for it," said Dr. Kern Alexander of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, who wrote a brutal indictment of Arkansas's educational system in 1978. "Despite coming from a very poor state, he has done more than talk about it."Using as a standard state and local revenue per pupil adjusted for personal income, Professor Alexander said Arkansas, which is 47th in per capita income, now ranks 23d in the fiscal effort to support public schools.Mr. Clinton's push for educational change began in 1983. The program was tough, calling for teacher competency testing that enraged teachers' groups, and it was expensive, calling for a 1 cent increase in the sales tax.The program, which established standards for teachers and students, mandated smaller classes and elementary school counselors, and established the nation's first eighth-grade test that students must pass before beginning high school.Other educational programs followed in 1989 and 1991. They included the nation's second program to allow students to choose the schools they would attend, some mergers of inefficient small districts, $1,000 yearly college scholarships for qualifying middle-income and poor students, increases in teacher pay and a revamping of vocational education programs.Between 1983-84 and 1990-91, the percentage of Arkansas high school graduates going to college rose to 48 percent, from 38 percent. In 1983-84, only 46 percent of the state's high schools offered physics courses and 68 percent, chemistry. Now, they all do.Improving Health CareMr. Clinton also gets high marks on efforts to improve health care, particularly in poor areas. In recent years Arkansas has allocated $15 million for early childhood education and begun new programs in prenatal care and health care for poor children. The Governor has not wavered on some controversial health issues, like the health department's program to distribute condoms to high school students through school clinics."He has a real desire to invest in health issues," said Joycelyn Elders, the state's health director. "He has always backed me in tough situations like when he took on the Legislature and fought his guts out for my health department budget."While employment is expected to grow at a rate of 3 percent this year, compared to a net loss for the nation as a whole, Mr. Clinton cannot take credit for an economic boom. From 1980 to 1990, Arkansas's population grew by only 2.7 percent, as against a 9.7 increase in that of the nation as a whole. In 1980, per capita income in the state was 75.4 percent of the national figure; in 1990 it had only inched up to 76.8 percent.Business leaders say the Governor's economic-development efforts, including tax incentives, fostering international trade and enhancing job training, have helped Arkansas outpace the nation and its neighboring states in terms of employment growth, growth in manufacturing jobs and income growth in recent years.Even his critics say Mr. Clinton truly believes in making government work, can be a master at working with the Legislature, has generally hired strong administrators and has a passion for innovative programs, whether one of the nation's first programs to require that welfare recipients work or adopting an Israeli program that teaches parents of 4,500 low-income families how to read to and teach their pre-school children.Clinton Record in Leading Arkansas: Successes, but Not Without CriticismHillary Clinton was a co-founder of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, taught at the University of Arkansas Law School, created Arkansas's Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth, led a task force that reformed Arkansas's education system, and directed the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic.Hillary Clinton's Record of Accomplishments

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