We went through this with Ronald Reagan. Reagan in 84 carried 49 states by making it a referendum on the 1980 decision. Bill Clinton is making this a referendum on the 1992 decision, are you better off than you were four years ago. The minute the polls close on November 5th, Bill Clinton is a lame duck. His name will never again appear on another ballot.
Power is the perception of power.
Unless he comes out of this campaign with a sense that he has won running on two very crucial issues that everybody understands, that are important, that are shared, that s the only moral imperative he ll carry into that second term. Otherwise, he s got 55 proposals out there and no consensus. Well, one thing I think that he has to do is, is give his running mate a little boost on Wednesday and say, all right, Jack, Jack Kemp, break type a little bit, we know you re more the sunshine politician, and break character and go after, show some loyalty to me, and go after the President. You have to make an argument. We can t just talk about tax cuts.