BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback

Randal Wallace
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 We begin our third season on Bob Dole's life and career, by traveling back in time to his April 1995 Presidential Campaign Announcement. At that point the Republican Party was on the rise everywhere and Bill Clinton appeared to be  a sitting duck.  Then a series of events would occur between April and December of 1995 that would resurrect Clinton's Presidency and put him 20 points ahead of any potential rival, including Bob Dole. That margin would stay frozen in place throughout 1996. This is that story.  In our third of four seasons, we will look back at Bob Dole's 1995 as he takes off into the Presidential campaign, while also trying to manage Congress. A Congress full of unruly new Republican firebrands in the House under their revolutionary Speaker Newt Gingrich. We will listen as that struggle between the Republican Establishment, the new House Republicans under Gingrich, and the Liberal Democrats in Congress, all converge into a battle for power, all of which allows Bill Clinton to perform one of the most dramatic political comebacks in all of American History. We invite you to come along with us on a wild ride through the high points and low moments of modern American History, in an effort to show the citizens of today that we are an amazing and resilient nation.  Our Podcasts are separated by individual Documentary style titles. --Season 1 : Bridging the Political Gap episodes 1 -11 --- Season 2 : Lessons in Leadership : --- The GIANTS of the Senate and Joe Biden episodes 14 - 16 ---- World War 2 Episodes 17 - 20 --- General MacArthur You're Fired Episodes 21 - 23 ---- A Celebration of the life of George Shultz episodes 26 - 28 ---- November 1963 : The end of the Age of Innocence episode 29 ---   Season 3 ----The Johnson Treatment episodes 32 - 39 ---- Upheaval 1968 episodes 40 - 50 ---- Season 4: Richard Nixon 1968 -1971 The Man Who Saved the Union episodes 51 -67 ----- Season 5 Richard Nixon 1972 The Foundation of Peace episodes 71 - 96 -----1973 Ten Days in January 97 - 100 -- Season 6 Richard Nixon 1973 : Enemies at the Gate 101 - 125 ---- Season 7 Richard Nixon 1974 Through the Fire 126 - 147 ---- Season 8 Richard Nixon 1974 - 1994 The Fall and the Re-Rise of Richard Nixon. 148 - 174 plus bonus materials --- Season 9 Gerald Ford Beyond Watergate 175 -190 -- Season 10 John Jenrette. & Jimmy Carter too  191 -  224 -- Season 11 George H.W. Bush : The Leadership Lessons 225 -  250 --- Season 12: Mayor Hirsch  253 - 259,  George H.W. Bush : The Sweep of History 260 - 285, Season 13 George H.W. Bush The Gulf War, The Coup, Clarence Thomas & the Cold War's End 286 - 318, Season 14 George H. W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard 319 - 363  Season 15 Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing 364 - 402,  Special Season 16  The Great American Authors 403  -  419 , Season Seventeen Bob Dole The Life that Brought him there 420 - 458, Season Eighteen Bob Dole 1995 Clinton's Comeback 459 -   (FAIR USE NOTICE : This presentation contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The use of this footage is for educational and historical commentary. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material.)

  1. 2d ago

    Episode 493: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Senate Debate Speech of Senator Joe Biden on sending Troops to Bosnia Special Edition (Part C) Bosnia (2)

    Send us Fan Mail One of the leaders on this issue in the United States Senate at the time was a future President of the United States, Joe Biden D- Delaware. He would speak for nearly a half hour on the floor in favor of the Dole-McCain Resolution.  This is that speech, a future President in his prime speaking on one of the most critical foreign Policy issues of the era.   Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  2. 5d ago

    Episode 492: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback Bosnia (Part B) The Senate Debate (1)

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we begin our coverage of the Senate Debate on Bosnia. There will be two competing resolutions, one cutting funds and not supporting the mission as designated by President bill Clinton. It was led by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson R- Texas, and it was supported by much of the Republican caucus including Presidential contender Senator Phil Gramm , also from Texas and Senator Strom Thurmond, a giant of the Senate from South Carolina.  The other alternative was sponsored by Senator Bob Dole and and Senator John McCain the two distinguished veterans of war. Their bill supported the troops even if they were not as sure of the way Bill Clinton had managed the crisis to that point.  Dole and McCain had long been for lifting an arms embargo against Serbia and allowing them to defend themselves. But Clinton would not do it and that led to this decision that American Troops would aid NATO and go in and help protect the Serbs.  This is the first of several episodes covering the Senate Debate and it has several of the giants of the Senate in the episode:  Bob Dole, Strom Thurmond, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Phil Gramm, and Ted Kennedy Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  3. Oct 15

    Episode 491: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback Bosnia (A) The Powder Keg

    Send us Fan Mail Bosnia, Bill Clinton, and Bob Dole: Politics Meets Principle In the 1990s, the war in Bosnia presented President Bill Clinton and the United States with one of the most difficult foreign-policy decisions of the post-Cold War era. After years of ethnic violence, atrocities, and international inaction, the United States ultimately decided to send American troops to Bosnia as part of an international peacekeeping mission. The decision was deeply controversial. Republicans in Congress opposed the administration's policy and questioned whether American troops should be placed in harm's way in a conflict that did not directly threaten the United States. Yet when the time came to support the American men and women who would carry out the mission, one of Clinton's fiercest political opponents stepped forward. Bob Dole put his name on legislation supporting the troops. It was a remarkable moment in a long political career. Dole had spent decades fighting Democrats and opposing much of Bill Clinton's agenda, but he understood the difference between opposing a president's policy and abandoning the Americans sent to carry it out. His decision reflected an old principle of American politics: once the nation sends its soldiers into harm's way, politics should not come before the men and women wearing the uniform. In this episode, we examine the Bosnia conflict, President Clinton's decision to deploy American troops, the fierce debate it produced in Congress, and Bob Dole's decision to stand with the troops despite his opposition to the policy. It was one of the shining moments of Bob Dole's remarkable career—and an important reminder of a time when political opponents could disagree profoundly while still finding common ground when the interests of the country demanded it. Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  4. Oct 12

    Episode 490: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Florida Straw Poll Debate at Presidency 3 (Part B) The Results

    Send us Fan Mail This is part two of the Florida Presidency 3 Straw Poll Debate.  It features the closing remarks and results from the straw poll.  It is a forum where we get to see real history unfold as the Senators come into the studio having just voted for the historic Balanced Budget Amendment. It would later be vetoed by President Clinton.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  5. Oct 8

    Episode 489: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Florida Straw Poll Debate at Presidency 3 (Part A) Nov 17, 1995

    Send us Fan Mail This episode features all of the candidates but it is spread out over the entire two hours by candidates entering the fray at various times. This forum was supposed to be held in Florida for the Republican convention there and the Presidency 3 campaign event. But the Senate ended up voting on the Balanced Budget Amendment at the same time that evening. That tied the Senators down in Washington D.C.  This meant that the non office holding candidates were all in the hall in Florida while the elected officials were all in a studio in Washington D.C. Several Senators showed up at different times as they came off the floor and Senator Dole cam in last because as Majority Leader he had to finish up the business of the Senate before he could attend.  It is one of the few times you got to see history unfold on live camera as the historic vote took place while the debate was on the air. It was hosted by CNN with the legendary Larry King as the moderator and it is an exciting little bit of television history for our viewers to relive in real time as we listen in.  This is part one of the Presidency 3 Florida Straw Poll debate.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  6. Oct 6

    Episode 488: BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback The Federal Government Shutdown November the First One

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode we examine the growing rift over the Federal Budget. It would see the Republican Leadership under the new House Speaker attempt to force cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and several other entitlement programs on the President.  The President was already in huge political trouble and in his weak position the republicans thought they could force his hand but in that moment pollster Dick Morris saw Clinton's opportunity to turn his political fortunes around.  Bill Clinton would seize the moment.  While they would work out a stop gap motion to keep things running for the time being.  The government would reopen but the peace was only temporary and it would mark the beginning of Bill Clinton seeing his fortunes as President slowly turning the corner. His strategy of triangulation would begin.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  7. Oct 5 ·  Bonus

    BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback Bonus Edition: The Lander College Republican Recruitment Video

    Send us Fan Mail Here is my student video project for a Mass Communications class at Lander University for Professor Frank Jackson, who was one of my favorites.  The video was saved from an old videotape and the sound quality has eroded some but it’s still fairly clear except for the Lindsey Graham segment because he had to whisper at the event we were recording from.  Still, I am proud of this project and am thrilled to share it again here with all of you.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

  8. Oct 2 ·  Bonus

    OCTOBER 2026 A Preview for the entire Wallace Podcast Network

    Send us Fan Mail A preview for three different stories we will be sharing on all three of our podcasts.  On Grand Strand Politics we will be covering the race for Governor of South Carolina between Alan Wilson and Jermaine Johnson, and the razor thin race between Senator Darline Graham versus Dr. Annie Andrews. We will be there to cover it all Then we revisit the oral histories of two of the most consequential figures who staffed the Watergate Judiciary Committee staff. You will hear the oral history of both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernard Nussbaum. Nussbaum's oral history is among the most important of all of them on the subject of Watergate. You will get to hear what he really thought of the Watergate Special Prosecutors Office.  Finally, We continue our look back at the pivotal year of 1995 and the comeback of President Bill Clinton in his race against Bob Dole.  It will be an exciting month of October across the Wallace Podcast Network. Please Join us.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

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 We begin our third season on Bob Dole's life and career, by traveling back in time to his April 1995 Presidential Campaign Announcement. At that point the Republican Party was on the rise everywhere and Bill Clinton appeared to be  a sitting duck.  Then a series of events would occur between April and December of 1995 that would resurrect Clinton's Presidency and put him 20 points ahead of any potential rival, including Bob Dole. That margin would stay frozen in place throughout 1996. This is that story.  In our third of four seasons, we will look back at Bob Dole's 1995 as he takes off into the Presidential campaign, while also trying to manage Congress. A Congress full of unruly new Republican firebrands in the House under their revolutionary Speaker Newt Gingrich. We will listen as that struggle between the Republican Establishment, the new House Republicans under Gingrich, and the Liberal Democrats in Congress, all converge into a battle for power, all of which allows Bill Clinton to perform one of the most dramatic political comebacks in all of American History. We invite you to come along with us on a wild ride through the high points and low moments of modern American History, in an effort to show the citizens of today that we are an amazing and resilient nation.  Our Podcasts are separated by individual Documentary style titles. --Season 1 : Bridging the Political Gap episodes 1 -11 --- Season 2 : Lessons in Leadership : --- The GIANTS of the Senate and Joe Biden episodes 14 - 16 ---- World War 2 Episodes 17 - 20 --- General MacArthur You're Fired Episodes 21 - 23 ---- A Celebration of the life of George Shultz episodes 26 - 28 ---- November 1963 : The end of the Age of Innocence episode 29 ---   Season 3 ----The Johnson Treatment episodes 32 - 39 ---- Upheaval 1968 episodes 40 - 50 ---- Season 4: Richard Nixon 1968 -1971 The Man Who Saved the Union episodes 51 -67 ----- Season 5 Richard Nixon 1972 The Foundation of Peace episodes 71 - 96 -----1973 Ten Days in January 97 - 100 -- Season 6 Richard Nixon 1973 : Enemies at the Gate 101 - 125 ---- Season 7 Richard Nixon 1974 Through the Fire 126 - 147 ---- Season 8 Richard Nixon 1974 - 1994 The Fall and the Re-Rise of Richard Nixon. 148 - 174 plus bonus materials --- Season 9 Gerald Ford Beyond Watergate 175 -190 -- Season 10 John Jenrette. & Jimmy Carter too  191 -  224 -- Season 11 George H.W. Bush : The Leadership Lessons 225 -  250 --- Season 12: Mayor Hirsch  253 - 259,  George H.W. Bush : The Sweep of History 260 - 285, Season 13 George H.W. Bush The Gulf War, The Coup, Clarence Thomas & the Cold War's End 286 - 318, Season 14 George H. W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard 319 - 363  Season 15 Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing 364 - 402,  Special Season 16  The Great American Authors 403  -  419 , Season Seventeen Bob Dole The Life that Brought him there 420 - 458, Season Eighteen Bob Dole 1995 Clinton's Comeback 459 -   (FAIR USE NOTICE : This presentation contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The use of this footage is for educational and historical commentary. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material.)

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