Now the vice president is directly acknowledging his ties to Clinton as he simultaneously touts the administration's accomplishments and sketches his own vision for the future. Saturday, it was a package deal. Then Gore, mentioning Clinton several times, said he would continue the economic good times as president. He warned a Republican would turn back the clock to an era of soaring budget deficits like those Clinton faced following the Reagan and Bush administrations. It counts for a lot.
Republicans try to make the best of it.
You would think they would be humbled a little bit after their policies produced a catastrophe and ours produced this strong economy. It is unnecessary for Gore to distance himself from Clinton despite the Monica Lewinsky scandal, several convention delegates said. We have to separate the personalities. This was Clinton's fifth appearance at a Florida Democratic Convention since 1981. The president credits winning a 1991 straw poll with jump-starting his first presidential campaign.