How Bob Dole Could Have Won The Election Of 1996

Great essay on the main issues of the campaign - How Dole could have used the issues to his advantage In a more or less conservative country, the more or less conservative candidate, Bob Dole, should have been a lock for the presidency; the only problem was President Clinton. Clinton had moved rightward positioning himself between Newt Gingrich's zealous revolutionaries on the right and liberal democratic barons on the left. Clinton's speeches started sounding like …

…himself as a brake between Dole and Gingrich's conservatism and it worked. Dole presented facts and figures, then expected the American public to applaud him. But we're dealing with reality here, to win, he should have been more aggressive and tackled the issues head on. In the end, by not addressing the issues clearly, Presidents Clinton's centrist stand, coupled with the good economy and aggressive campaigning, was too much for Bob Dole to over come.