Robert Wright, an environmental scientist who has worked in the Arkansas state university system under Clinton's governorship, says no.
"Bill Clinton is a strong friend of the applied sciences," claims Wright, a professor of biology at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. "He is acutely aware of what science is needed to foster economic development, and he supports it."
University of Arkansas physical chemist Jim Hinton, who has received state funding, agrees, saying: "He's been a friend to me. Bill Clinton was very helpful in getting matching funds for a spectrometer I use for my research."
If Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention in New York City next month, all eyes will be focused on his record in Arkansas--a state he has governed for 11 years. And Clinton's performance in the sciences is likely to be the object of attacks from his probable opponent, George Bush.
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