BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback

Send us Fan Mail EXCLUSIVE HISTORIC CONTENT:  IN 1995, our Host Randal Wallace showed up tot he brand new Bob Dole for President Headquarters with a camcorder and recorded the event there as Senator Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth Dole cut the ribbon for the new headquarters.  It was an all star cast of political leaders who stood on the stage beside him to welcome him to the state and open the ca...

Send us Fan Mail One of the great lost opportunities of the 1990s was the way the relationship between President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich disintegrated over the years from this moment right here.  After being invited to an event in New HAmpshire where both of them spike and talked about real issues in depth. You see all the possibilities that this generation squandered with their beh...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 5: A South Carolina Original Our five-part documentary tribute concludes with a look back at the remarkable public life and enduring legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the most consequential political figures in modern South Carolina history. In this final installment, we revisit Graham's role as a leading voice in Washingto...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 4: Senate and House Tributes The tributes to Senator Lindsey Graham continued as members of both the United States Senate and the South Carolina congressional delegation reflected on the life and service of a man who shaped South Carolina politics for more than three decades. In Part Four of our five-part documentary tribute, we presen...

Send us Fan Mail To celebrate Bob Dole’s 103rd birthday we have assembled all the previews for our special series on his life and career.  The Bob Dole Preview Collection featuring the bonus preview on the special series The Fall of Bob Packwood too. Previews include:  1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing,  The Life that Brought Him There,  1995 Clinton's Comeback,  The Fall of Bob Packwood 1996...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 3: The Senate's Tributes As the United States Senate gathered to honor one of its longest-serving and most respected members, colleagues from both political parties rose to remember the life and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham. In Part Three of our five-part tribute, we present the moving Senate memorial tributes delivered by the...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 2: Shocked and Saddened The shock of Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden passing continued to reverberate across South Carolina and the nation as friends, colleagues, political allies, and even longtime opponents reflected on the life of one of America's most influential senators. Part Two begins with Darlene Graham Nardone takin...

Send us Fan Mail This is a housekeeping episode  produced to update everyone on the significant changes to our Network wide  schedule for July and part of August due to the death of Senator Lindsey Graham.  They include:  The episode looking at NixonMaxxing and Vice President J.D. Vance, will not air in July and we will air it in August on the Richard Nixon Experience. This week we will be airing,...

Send us Fan Mail LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Week of History, A Tribute (Part 1) In one of the most extraordinary weeks in modern South Carolina political history, we look back at the remarkable events that unfolded from Senator Lindsey Graham's final overseas trip to Ukraine through the days that followed his unexpected passing. This first installment traces the timeline of a week that s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we return twice with Former President Bill Clinton at events remembering the victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing.  Bill Clinton returned to speak at the 20th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the bombing and in this episode we will listen to his remarks to the people of Oklahoma City.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/ran...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we listen in on the worst domestic terrorism act in history. We will hear as President Clinton comes out to face the nation. We will tune in to Peter Jennings and ABC News as they cover the events in real time.  We will also listen to coverage of the networks as they look back with witnesses and victims of the bombing remembering the events of that horrible day. ...

Send us Fan Mail Senator Lindsey Graham has died at age 71. He has been a good friend to me for my entire political career . I cannot say enough good things about him as a human being and as a United States Senator. Here is our look at his career.  This is a giant loss for the nation,  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace    , and http://www.randalwa...

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Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, we will listen to the audio of a special short film. It is the campaign introductory video for Bob Dole in 1996. Of all the campaign videos I have saved and seen in over 40 plus years around politics, this is my favorite.  That is probably because Bob Dole is my favorite. When I contacted the campaign in 1995, they had me come up to Columbia S.C. and get b...

Send us Fan Mail In our second ever special event we take you back , as though you were watching live coverage, of the day Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole R- Kansas announced his candidacy for President of the United States of America.  It was an extraordinary moment in the history of the country because it was not just the announcement of candidate for President, it was the announcement of the st...

Send us Fan Mail This is a housekeeping show to explain why we decided to add a season to our Bob Dole series. this additional season also includes a miniseries on the fall of Senator Bob Packwood, one of Bob Dole's chief lieutenants in the Senate. We hope you enjoy our coming season and our continued look back at giant political figure and the last of the Greatest Generation to run for Presi...

Send us Fan Mail Season Eighteen of our continuing series on the life and career of Bob Dole takes us into one of the most dramatic and consequential years in modern American politics: 1995 . At the beginning of the year, Republicans appeared to be at the height of their power. Fresh off the Republican Revolution of 1994, Bob Dole stood as the overwhelming favorite for the Republican presidential...

Send us Fan Mail A discussion about the things coming up across the Wallace Podcast Network and an update on all three of the books we have coming out soon.  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!!

Send us Fan Mail Episode 458 — Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 39) A Bonus Show: A Couple of Stories by Bob Dole As our journey through the life and career of Bob Dole continues, we take a brief detour from the main narrative to share a collection of fascinating stories that simply deserved to be heard. Over the course of researching this series, we encountered a number of memorabl...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 457 – BOB DOLE: The Life That Brought Him There, Part 38 The Bush Years (1989–1992) (C): The ADA, the 1990 Budget Deal, and the End of the Bush Administration (Season Finale) As the George H. W. Bush years draw to a close, Senator Bob Dole finds himself at the center of some of the most consequential legislative battles of his career. In this season finale, we examine thre...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 456 – BOB DOLE: The Life That Brought Him There, Part 37 The Bush Years (1989–1992) (B): The Tower Nomination (2) – The Fight!! The battle lines are drawn. What began as what appeared to be a routine confirmation for former Texas Senator John Tower to become Secretary of Defense quickly exploded into one of the most bitter and contentious nomination fights in modern Senate...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 455 – BOB DOLE: The Life That Brought Him There, Part 36 The Bush Years (A): The Tower Nomination (1) – Who Is John Tower? With the election of President George H. W. Bush in 1988, a new Republican administration arrived in Washington, but one of its first major battles would become one of the most controversial cabinet confirmation fights in modern American history. Befor...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 454 — Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 35) Bush vs. Dole: The 1988 Campaign (B) — The New Hampshire Primary In Episode 454 of our continuing series on the life and career of Bob Dole, we turn to one of the most decisive moments of the 1988 Republican presidential race: the battle for New Hampshire. Fresh off his victory in the Iowa Caucuses, Bob Dole appeare...

Send us Fan Mail BOB PACKWOOD (1932–2026): A Look Back Special Edition — Plus a Preview of Our Upcoming Bob Packwood Series This special edition of our podcast is dedicated to the life and legacy of Bob Packwood, who passed away this weekend at the age of 94. For nearly three decades, Packwood was one of the most influential, controversial, and consequential members of the United States Senate. A...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 453 — Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 34) Bush vs. Dole: The 1988 Republican Primary (A) — The Iowa Caucus Campaign In Episode 453 of our continuing series on the life and career of Bob Dole, we begin our examination of one of the most important and hard-fought campaigns of his political life — the 1988 Republican presidential primary. For years, Dole had r...