In 1994, it worked. In 2000, it seems to have quit working. It s over, said Chuck McDonald, press director of Richards 1994 campaign, about the strategy of using Clinton to hammer Gore. It s done with.
People just don t care any more.
With impeachment behind him, Clinton has had his 15 minutes or whatever it is of shame, and he s been punished, McDonald said. With unprecedented economic prosperity, nobody in America is upset. That s just one difference between the smooth-flying campaign cruise missile Bush rode in his 1994 and 1998 gubernatorial races and the recent turbulence of his presidential campaign. In 1994, Clinton s secret health care plan, his stance on gays in the military and other problems had virtually every Republican office-seeker running against him. Tex Lezar, GOP candidate for Texas lieutenant governor, made pounding Clinton the focus of his campaign.