Bill Schneider
Bill Schneider
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If it turns out that George Bush doesn't get elected, once a party has run three times, like the Democrats after 1980, 1984 and 1988, they begin to see the light and say, 'We have to change,' ... Well if the Republicans lose this year ... they are going to be looking at John McCain and saying, 'Maybe he's got something to say, maybe we should listen to him a little bit harder,' and I think he's well-prepared for that outcome.
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Bush is sinking, Clark is surging. Clark picked exactly the right moment to make his announcement.
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We've had tax cut proposals, one after the other, which is like saying to the American people, 'Would you like the government to give you some money,' and they're not popular. People are saying we don't need the money, we'd rather do something else with it, we'd rather accomplish some public purposes. Well, Bush is trying to hold the Republican Party together and sell it to a fairly skeptical electorate.
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Bill Clinton's 1992 convention is the most successful convention on record. Until that convention, Bill Clinton was running behind. Not only was he running behind, he was running third going into the Democratic convention in 1992. Perot was first, Bush was second, and Clinton seemed hopeless. The convention turned everything around,
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George Bush moved into the lead at that convention and never lost it. How did he do it? He reminded voters that things were better under Ronald Reagan, so why would you ever want to change?
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I think the message is clear, anyone who tries to turn this into a political issue gets burned.
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Kerry's line is, 'If this is the best we can do, we're in trouble,'
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Some people can have sensational moments at the convention, but don't fool yourself. It's all about John Kerry. They're selling something.
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That certainly seemed to be true in Georgia and Minnesota.
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Where is Gore with women? Just 50 percent, ... Given how badly he is doing with men, and it is very bad, he has got to boost his standing with women.
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The Republicans may be better off without an agenda. They don't scare people.
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He's got to be very careful. Any event could throw it up in the air.
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His whole argument is 'Vote for me, and this is how I'm going to do it. I'm going to beat Bush, and here's how.' That's his whole campaign.
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He's going to be given very different treatment than he had in the past, ... celebrity.