ional debt and the economy alive. One of the major things that hurt Perot was that he dropped out of the race shortly after Clinton won the primaries. Many viewed him as possessing strong economic leadership but shaky and unpredictable character. On November 3, 1992 Bill Clinton traded in his title of Governor for President of the United States. As stated previously a landslide, he won 370 to Bush's 168 to Perot's 0. Clearly the American people bought into his idea of change and a better way of life. They were able to look beyond his personal faults of marital infidelity and draft dodging. American voter wanted someone that would directly benefit them and they found it in Clinton. We see a lot of similarities in today's campaign for the presidency. Currently Al Gore vows to keep the economy running strong. He is determined to keep George W. Bush from messing up what he has helped create in the last eight years. So again we are seeing the issue of the economy. We have also seen some negative ad campaigning by Gore. He released two ads that were aired prior to the start of the Republican National Convention. The ads accused Bush of restricting health care to children and allowing Texas to become the smog capital. It will be very interesting to see how each candidate performs in the debates. Nonetheless, the 1992 election provides some valuable lessons in campaign strategy, which both Gore and Bush may want to consider....
