CBS News - Democratic Convention - 1992-07-15 - 2 of 3

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[0:00] On the floor of the convention in

[0:01] Madison Square Garden, all the talk, as

[0:03] you expect, would be is about. Governor

[0:06] Mary Cuomo's nominating speech tonight

[0:08] for Bill Clinton. There's other good

[0:10] news for Bill Clinton. And Bob Sheeper

[0:12] on the podium has more about that. Bob.

[0:14] >> Thank you, Dan. As we went on the air,

[0:16] we were saying that some polling CBS

[0:18] News has been doing uh this week shows

[0:21] that this convention is beginning to

[0:23] work for Governor Clinton, creating the

[0:25] impression outside this home, uh

[0:27] changing the impression of Bill Clinton

[0:29] outside this home. We now have a moment

[0:31] and we can give you some of those

[0:32] numbers. Look at these figures. 3 weeks

[0:35] ago, Bill Clinton had an unfavorable

[0:37] rating of 40% and it had been that way

[0:39] for months. Last week that dipped down

[0:42] to 31% and since this convention has

[0:45] been on this week according to our new

[0:47] polling it has shrunk to 24%. Now that

[0:50] is just a part of it. His favorable

[0:52] rating which was at 16% in June uh rose

[0:56] to 20% last week and then jumped to 29%

[1:01] this week. So for the first time since

[1:03] March, Bill Clinton's favorable rating

[1:05] is running higher than his unfavorable

[1:08] rating. There's some more good news in

[1:09] the poll for Clinton. Only 40% looked on

[1:12] him as a strong leader last week since a

[1:15] convention began this week. Uh that

[1:17] percentage has risen to 60%. And he is

[1:20] now looked on as a candidate who can

[1:22] best bring about change. 41% felt that

[1:25] way about him last week compared to 30%

[1:28] who see Perau as a candidate for change.

[1:31] And now only 15% feel that way about

[1:33] George Bush. I should say this week 41%

[1:37] now see Bill Clinton as a candidate of

[1:39] change as you and I know uh Dan uh polls

[1:42] can change overnight but it is hard to

[1:44] see how the numbers they're getting

[1:45] tonight could be any better than for

[1:48] Bill Clinton than what his people are

[1:50] seeing tonight.

[1:51] Thanks. I'm glad you put that last part

[1:53] in because at the very best a poll is

[1:56] simply a snapshot of that particular

[1:58] moment in any political campaign. But to

[2:00] give additional context and perspective

[2:02] this, let's go way up there to our CBS

[2:05] News booth, way off the floor to our

[2:08] consultants, Kevin Phillips and Joe

[2:09] Plant. Now Kevin Phillips, stand off.

[2:13] Get the wagot.

[2:15] Take a look at the convention as a

[2:16] whole. The latest information.

[2:19] What's the news for George Bush? I think

[2:22] the news for George Bush from this

[2:24] convention is bad news. This is the

[2:27] first convention that we've seen taking

[2:29] place during a a Republican presidency

[2:32] with a Republican incumbent where the

[2:34] Democrats really smell victory. They

[2:36] didn't in the middle of the Eisenhower

[2:37] administration. They didn't in the

[2:39] middle of the Nixon administration. They

[2:40] didn't in the middle of the Reagan

[2:42] administration, but with George Bush,

[2:44] they smell it. What you see here is the

[2:46] sense that the change coalition is

[2:48] coming together and is coming together,

[2:50] it looks now, for Bill Clinton, not for

[2:52] Ross Perau. and that this is something

[2:55] George Bush became a a change candidate.

[2:58] He said he was back in 1988. Before he

[3:00] was an incumbent. Now he has to somehow

[3:03] and he I don't think he can do it.

[3:04] Become a change candidate as an

[3:06] incumbent. And that's why Bill Clinton

[3:09] is in so much a stronger position than

[3:11] Dukakus was as Dukakus seemed to have

[3:13] it. Clinton has it in a different

[3:15] context where he can become the change

[3:17] candidate.

[3:18] >> Thanks Kevin. Joe plan come into this

[3:20] now. Perau looks to be in at least a

[3:24] stasis for the moment indeed not

[3:25] dropping back. How does what's happened

[3:27] in Perau's camp today? This Ed Rollins

[3:30] leaving fit into all of this. And is

[3:32] this simply a mirage for Phil Clinton?

[3:34] This idea that well maybe the center of

[3:37] victory is in the air.

[3:38] >> Well, I'll tell you uh the the the news

[3:40] from the pro camp today certainly isn't

[3:42] good. It it makes him seem less

[3:44] professional, less credible, less, you

[3:46] know, less a trusted uh trusted

[3:48] candidate. Um, but the important thing

[3:51] is this mirage question. People say four

[3:53] years ago, Michael Dukakus was ahead by

[3:55] 17 points and that evaporated. Bill

[3:58] Clinton in some two-way polling now is

[3:59] ahead of George Bush by more than 10

[4:02] points. There's a difference, though.

[4:04] Michael Dukakus was a conscientious

[4:06] objector after uh after his convention.

[4:09] He wanted to make policy, not war. Bill

[4:11] Clinton is ready to go to war. His

[4:13] people are loaded for bear. And one

[4:15] indication of it was last week the

[4:17] governor of Massachusetts, a Republican

[4:19] rising star, William Weld, went down to

[4:22] Little Rock to uh blast Bill Clinton at

[4:24] a press conference. The Clinton people

[4:26] were ready ready for him. They had eight

[4:28] problems that Bill Weld had in

[4:30] Massachusetts. They had people to there

[4:32] to refute Weld's arguments. Clinton

[4:34] weighed in with a sound bite himself.

[4:36] And uh Weld went home with his tail

[4:38] between his legs. A Bush campaign worker

[4:40] said to me, "I don't know how we're

[4:42] going to get other governors out there

[4:43] to be surrogates for us." The other

[4:45] thing is this. A member of the Clinton

[4:47] advertising team said, "Please, please,

[4:50] we're waiting for George Bush to come up

[4:52] with a negative advertisement. We want

[4:53] to go right back at him. It's going to

[4:55] be a different year this year for that

[4:57] reason because of the economic themes

[4:59] that Mario Cuomo raised." And let me

[5:01] make one other point. I've known Cuomo

[5:03] for more than 10 years. I've heard a lot

[5:05] of those themes that he raised tonight.

[5:07] They always work. We always knew that

[5:10] Mario Cuomo was a great auditor, but he

[5:12] proved something else tonight that we

[5:13] didn't know about him before. He was a

[5:15] good soldier.

[5:16] >> Thanks, Joe Klein and Kevin Phillips.

[5:18] We'll come back to you later on in the

[5:19] evening. The roll call for the

[5:21] nomination for president of the United

[5:22] States is about to begin. We'll take a

[5:24] break and be back here with us.

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[6:02] >> Yeah. Come on, let's go. We're going to

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[6:04] >> Calm down. They'll understand.

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[7:11] >> Thank you.

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[9:11] Campaign 92. CBS News coverage of the

[9:15] Democratic National Convention continues

[9:18] live from Madison Square Garden in New

[9:21] York City. Here again is Dan Rather.

[9:26] >> And one of the rituals of the Democratic

[9:29] process is underway now. The roll call

[9:30] vote. Arizona is now voting. Let's pick

[9:33] up some of it.

[9:44] Arizona,

[9:46] a state with a proud Hispanic heritage,

[9:50] which this year elected its first

[9:52] Hispanic congressman.

[10:03] Espano

[10:09] >> and Arizona, a state with a proud

[10:11] Democratic party that has given this

[10:13] country leaders like Morris Udall,

[10:16] proudly cast his vote,

[10:19] >> 12 votes for Governor Brownes,

[10:25] 14 votes for Senator Sis,

[10:30] and 23 votes for Governor Bill Clinton.

[10:39] >> Arizona

[10:41] has 12 votes for Governor Brown,

[10:44] 23 votes for Governor Clinton, and 14

[10:48] votes for Senator Sus.

[10:50] >> That's great.

[10:52] >> California,

[10:58] 46 votes for you. California.

[11:09] How do you dance those votes?

[11:16] >> The votes.

[11:23] >> Are you prepared to vote California?

[11:25] >> Yes.

[11:27] >> California. California.

[11:30] the IOU state and the home of a Democrat

[11:34] Republican governor. California, the

[11:37] home of 30 million people of all races

[11:40] and cultures with an exquisite coastline

[11:43] that George Bush would destroy if he had

[11:45] a chance. Home of the first two women in

[11:49] America's history who will serve

[11:52] together

[11:56] >> from the same state at the same time

[11:59] come November.

[12:00] proudly casts

[12:03] 21

[12:05] votes.

[12:05] >> What you're seeing are live pictures of

[12:08] Governor Bill Clinton leaving his hotel

[12:11] >> and headed for Macy's just a block from

[12:15] Madison Square Garden.

[12:17] >> He's going to join members of the

[12:18] Arkansas delegation who are at the fame

[12:22] Macy's department store. Governor

[12:24] Clinton on the night that he's being

[12:26] nominated,

[12:27] >> the ritual roll call, which at one time

[12:30] when the nominees were actually decided

[12:32] at conventions before primaries begin to

[12:34] do nominate,

[12:36] >> still is an important part of the

[12:38] nominating process. So, while Governor

[12:40] Clinton walks over to Macy's to see the

[12:42] Arkansas delegation and roll call vote

[12:44] goes on in the call of states, let's go

[12:46] to Susan Spencer in the Louisiana

[12:48] delegation with the thought that

[12:50] Democratic candidates for president

[12:51] don't win unless they carry southern

[12:54] states such as Louisiana. Susan,

[12:56] >> that's absolutely right, Dan. I'm here

[12:57] with Senator John Bro of Louisiana. Uh

[13:00] Senator Bro is is head of the Democratic

[13:02] Leadership Council, a group of centrist

[13:04] Democrats who've been pushing for the

[13:06] party to change. Senator, the new

[13:09] Democratic Party, what is it and does it

[13:11] have any chance at all in the South?

[13:12] >> Well, Susan is definitely a new

[13:14] Democratic party. I was really impressed

[13:15] with Mrs. Clinton, Bill Clinton's

[13:17] mother. It's a new generation of

[13:19] presidential candidates, and it also is

[13:20] a change in the ideas and the concepts

[13:23] about what this party stands for. It's a

[13:25] more mainstream message. That's what

[13:27] it's going to take to win in November.

[13:28] >> The New York Times this morning referred

[13:30] to you all as liberals and business

[13:31] suits.

[13:33] >> Well, we're mainstream. It's not a

[13:34] question of liberal versus conservative.

[13:36] I think it's a question of old versus

[13:38] new. And I think people are ready for

[13:39] some new ideas instead of just the old

[13:41] ideas that are not working anymore.

[13:43] >> Everybody believes really that the black

[13:44] vote is crucial to carrying the south

[13:46] for Clinton if he is to do so. What does

[13:48] the new Democratic party have to offer

[13:50] black voters?

[13:50] >> Well, minorities and blacks in the south

[13:52] are tired of the old ways and aren't

[13:53] working. Their conditions have not

[13:55] improved under the traditional old style

[13:57] Democratic politics. They're looking for

[13:59] different ways of getting off of

[14:00] welfare, job creation, and they want a

[14:02] change. That's why they're supporting a

[14:04] Clinton Gore ticket, which is a moderate

[14:05] mainstream ticket.

[14:06] >> A lot of the traditional Democrats, if

[14:08] you will, that I've talked to seem to

[14:09] say, "Well, you know, we tried. We can't

[14:12] win. Might as well let them try."

[14:13] >> Well, there's a little bit of truth to

[14:14] that. We've lost five of the last six

[14:16] presidential elections. Trying it one

[14:17] way. I think it's time to try a

[14:19] different alternative. And certainly,

[14:20] this ticket reflects a new way of doing

[14:22] things.

[14:22] >> Senator John Bro. Thank you, Dan.

[14:25] >> Thanks, Susan. As you heard Senator Bro

[14:27] hitting another one of those themes.

[14:29] Listen, this the Democratic Party says

[14:31] he and others is no longer the party of

[14:33] the left. We're now the party of the

[14:35] mainstream and in their view. George

[14:37] Bush has the party of the right and of

[14:40] course in the Democrats view the extreme

[14:42] right. Let's go to Ed Bradley who's over

[14:44] in the Maryland delegation. Maryland, a

[14:46] border state that swings back and forth

[14:49] in most presidential elections.

[14:50] Generally considered to be up to grabs

[14:52] from this one. Ed. and Dan, I'm here

[14:53] with the governor Schaefer of the state

[14:55] of Maryland. And as you know, Maryland

[14:58] was a state that went for Songis and not

[15:00] Clinton. It was not a good state for

[15:01] him. Governor Cuomo generated a lot of

[15:04] enthusiasm here with his speech tonight.

[15:07] Do you share that enthusiasm? I share

[15:09] that enthusiasm because he's a great

[15:11] speaker, great governor, but he just

[15:13] talked about all the ills. Now, tomorrow

[15:15] night, I hope that Mr. Clinton will say,

[15:18] "I heard I heard President Mr. Como and

[15:22] he said, "We need to do something with

[15:23] jobs. This is what I'm going to do." In

[15:25] other words, you can talk about all the

[15:27] ills, but you've got to find some

[15:28] solutions. Now, that was what was wrong

[15:30] with the Perau campaign. All he talked

[15:32] about was do we want higher education?

[15:34] Yeah. Do we want jobs? Yeah. But never

[15:36] said why. And Clinton, tomorrow night, I

[15:39] hope and I really think he will will

[15:41] come for us and say, "This is my plan."

[15:42] You've been less than enthusiastic about

[15:45] the Clinton ticket. Is that because of

[15:46] what you feel is a lack of specificity

[15:49] on how to solve these problems? I was

[15:51] for Zongas because that particular

[15:52] reason. Mr. Zongas talked about

[15:54] manufacturing which we had lost to the

[15:56] to international

[15:58] uh across the across the sea. Right now

[16:02] I would hope that Mr. Clinton would say

[16:04] we're going to bring them back. We're

[16:05] going to bring those back. He talked

[16:07] about really a health program that was

[16:09] made sense. Uh that's that's what you

[16:11] have to do now. What the country right

[16:14] now is down. They're unhappy. Uh they're

[16:17] discontent. And what they need right now

[16:19] is a real shot in the arm. Mr. Clinton

[16:21] can do it tomorrow night. He doesn't

[16:22] have to be the greatest arter. He's got

[16:24] to express hope. That's what we need. If

[16:27] if you get solid programs from him

[16:28] tomorrow, you're okay. I'm okay. Thank

[16:30] you very much, Governor Dan. Back to

[16:32] you. Thanks, Ed. And we we'll be back

[16:35] with more from the Democratic National

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[18:26] >> Well, it was mentioned just a few

[18:28] seconds ago, actually a minute or two

[18:29] ago, that Maryland in the Democratic

[18:31] primary went for Paul Strongest. We now

[18:33] have a former United States Senator from

[18:35] Massachusetts, Paul Son is with us.

[18:37] Thanks for being with us, Senator.

[18:38] During the primary campaign, my

[18:41] recollection is you called Bill Clinton

[18:43] a pander bear who economically in terms

[18:46] of getting jobs created probably

[18:48] couldn't get the job done. What's

[18:50] changed your mind?

[18:52] Well, we all say things during

[18:55] campaigns, but I think the point is is

[18:57] well taken that what the Democratic

[18:59] Party has to do is to put together an

[19:01] economic package that really sort of

[19:03] stuns the uh commentators and the

[19:06] columnists and that people can really

[19:08] take some comfort and I think on the

[19:09] social issues and the environment we're

[19:11] really very good and what's going to

[19:13] come down to is the economics

[19:16] generally does come down people vote in

[19:18] pocketbooks. You did exceptionally well

[19:21] with somewhat better educated upscale

[19:23] people in high- techch jobs, Silicon

[19:26] Valley, the area around Boston, that

[19:28] sort of thing. Bill Clinton doesn't have

[19:30] the look and feel of a candidate who can

[19:32] appeal to that constituency. Would you

[19:34] agree or not? Well, against whom? I

[19:38] think those people have walked away from

[19:40] George Bush. And that's why I think it's

[19:42] such an enormous opportunity and why I

[19:44] try to get my plans through here

[19:47] yesterday because I think if you put

[19:48] together a package that people can look

[19:50] at and see ah there's a really good

[19:53] viable economic strategy they will come

[19:55] to whatever party can do that and I

[19:57] would hope that um as we go forth that

[20:00] the in essence the stands that we're

[20:02] taking as a party will evolve to a much

[20:05] more pro private sector pro

[20:07] manufacturing based u kind of program.

[20:10] But right now, many of those people are

[20:12] looking seriously at Ross Perau. And in

[20:14] California, for example, one of the

[20:15] reasons that Perau does so well is

[20:17] people say, "I think Perau can do that.

[20:19] I'm not so sure about Clinton."

[20:20] >> Well, I'm not one of those Democrats

[20:22] who's been trashing Ross Perau. But, you

[20:25] know, it's very difficult to go from the

[20:27] business world to politics. It's a very

[20:29] different skill and the recent problems

[20:30] that Ross Bro has been having, I think,

[20:33] indicates that. But I think it's

[20:35] important for him to be a kind of a prod

[20:38] to both parties and to try to create an

[20:40] environment where they'll be forced to

[20:43] put together really good economic

[20:44] programs. But in the last analysis, it's

[20:46] going to be done either in the

[20:48] Democratic party or the Republican

[20:49] party. Ross Barau, however valuable he

[20:52] might be, is not a third party. He's

[20:54] just an individual.

[20:56] Senator, I want to take time out to

[20:58] explain to our viewers that Governor

[21:00] Bill Clinton has arrived at the Arkansas

[21:02] delegation at Macy's. This is a group

[21:04] calling itself the Arkansas Travelers.

[21:06] They've been with him from the very

[21:07] beginning. You know how loyal people

[21:09] feel even when when you lose in the

[21:11] campaign as you did. You we can all

[21:13] imagine how strongly they feel having

[21:15] won the campaign. But Senator Shongas,

[21:18] is it your judgment that Ross Berau has

[21:22] to stay in the race for at least a while

[21:24] longer for Bill Clinton to have a

[21:26] chance?

[21:27] >> Well, what Rosboro did for the last two

[21:30] months was to absorb all the the energy

[21:33] and the attention in the country and I

[21:35] think that hurt Bill Clinton. So, I

[21:37] think now the convention is over, it

[21:39] really doesn't make any difference. The

[21:41] only extent that I can see real impact

[21:43] is if he continues Russ Pearl that is

[21:46] and begins to the erosion continues for

[21:50] um the president in California in Texas

[21:53] and Florida which is where I think the

[21:55] real damage is being done to Bush.

[21:58] Senator Sus, thanks for being with us.

[22:00] Good to see you. Good luck to you.

[22:02] Senator Paul Sonis saying he thinks that

[22:04] the critical states, the battleground

[22:06] states, Florida, Texas, and California.

[22:09] Let's check in again with the roll call

[22:12] vote and the state of Illinois.

[22:15] >> Illinois

[22:16] >> frequently home territory for Republican

[22:18] victories in presidential races is now

[22:21] up in the roll call.

[22:23] >> Illinois will make history in November

[22:25] by carrying the state for the next

[22:27] president of Bill Clinton and the next

[22:30] US Senator Caramoy Braun.

[22:37] By the rivers gently flowing, the land

[22:39] of Lincoln is proud to cast its vote for

[22:42] the next president of the United States.

[22:46] Illinois who will be victorious for Bill

[22:48] Clinton for president. Al Gore for vice

[22:51] president and Carol Mosley Brun for the

[22:54] US Senate. Proudly cast proudly cast one

[22:58] absention, nine votes for Jerry Brown,

[23:01] 29 for Paul Songis, and 155 votes for

[23:05] the next president of the United States,

[23:07] Bill Clinton.

[23:14] Illinois

[23:16] Illinois has cast nine votes for

[23:18] Governor Brown,

[23:22] 155 votes for Governor Clinton,

[23:25] 29 votes for Senator Songus with one

[23:29] abstension. Thank you, Mayor Daly.

[23:32] Indiana. Indiana 93 votes.

[23:39] >> Madam Secretary, that's Indiana spelled

[23:42] without an E.

[23:45] Indiana, the home of the nation's

[23:48] youngest and finest governor, Evan B.

[23:53] The home of the next chairman of the

[23:55] Lieutenant Governor's Association, Frank

[23:57] Oannon.

[24:00] The home of the man that will take back

[24:02] Birks by Senate seat, Joe Hoget.

[24:07] The home of the nation's finest

[24:09] congressional delegation led by Lee

[24:11] Hamilton.

[24:15] and the home of the next retired vice

[24:17] president of the United States, Dan

[24:19] Quay.

[24:23] Indiana cast 20 votes for Jerry Brown

[24:27] and 73 votes for the next president of

[24:30] the United States, Governor Bill

[24:32] Clinton.

[24:35] >> Thank you, Chairman Panos.

[24:38] Indiana casts 20 votes for Governor

[24:40] Brown, 73 votes for Governor Clinton.

[24:46] Iowa

[24:48] 59 votes. There they are.

[24:50] >> Madam Secretary, Madam Secretary, the

[24:54] great state of Iowa is proud to be in

[24:57] the center of the heartland. proud of

[25:00] our first in the nation presidential

[25:02] caucuses and extremely proud of our

[25:06] great senator Tom Harkin.

[25:10] Well, as the roll call goes on, we want

[25:12] to pause there and let Iowa get at least

[25:14] its state commercial in. Uh Iowa is one

[25:18] of those states where there is a woman

[25:20] running from the Senate. And that's one

[25:21] of the reasons Democrats think that the

[25:23] Clinton Gore ticket has such a good

[25:25] chance this year is that there are two

[25:28] Democratic women running for two Senate

[25:30] seats in California as a Democratic

[25:34] woman Senate candidate in Illinois. One

[25:36] of the reasons Democrats think they may

[25:38] reverse recent trends and be able to

[25:39] carry Illinois with the top of the

[25:41] ticket. They think that having that

[25:42] woman Senate candidate there will help

[25:44] them a lot. Kansas, Pennsylvania,

[25:46] another very big state with a Democratic

[25:48] woman senatorial candidate. uh these

[25:50] women being on the ticket. Usually you

[25:52] think of the top of the ticket bringing

[25:54] along the bottom of the ticket. This

[25:56] year the Democrats have a hunch just a

[25:58] hunch that with these women running in

[25:59] the Senate races that uh they may be

[26:01] pulling along the top of the ticket. You

[26:04] know Democrats and organized labor,

[26:07] union labor go hand in hand. We all know

[26:09] that the face of union labor has been

[26:11] changing a great deal, particularly in

[26:12] terms of Democratic party power with the

[26:15] bluecollar unions beginning to come on

[26:18] with increasing power and the old what

[26:20] used to be called lunch bucket unions,

[26:22] steel, mining, automobiles in a

[26:25] situation of declining power within the

[26:27] party. Uh Paula has been checking around

[26:30] on organized labor at this convention

[26:32] and has a report. Paul,

[26:34] >> thank you Dan. and I am here with Dennis

[26:36] Rivera, who represents some 120,000

[26:38] health and hospital workers here in New

[26:40] York. Good evening and welcome. Thank

[26:41] you. Today, Ron Kerry, the new president

[26:44] of the Teamsters Union, endorsed the

[26:46] Clinton Gore ticket. This is the first

[26:47] time in 12 years the Teamsters Union has

[26:50] supported a Democratic ticket. How

[26:52] significant is that?

[26:54] >> There's a clear movement towards uh

[26:56] Clinton and Gourd. And uh it's very

[26:58] significant. It means that uh people in

[27:01] America are just fed up with with Rean

[27:03] and Bush theories and uh people are

[27:06] looking for a change and I believe that

[27:08] this is a a dramatic step on the teams

[27:10] who were traditionally allied with the

[27:12] uh uh Republicans.

[27:14] >> Does that mean it's time for the rest of

[27:15] the Reagan Democrats who more or less

[27:17] abandoned the Democratic party to come

[27:19] back now? Well, I think that I think

[27:21] that that's something that's going on

[27:23] right now, which is that at this moment

[27:25] the uh Rean Democrats, which is the

[27:27] swing voters and the ones that uh could

[27:30] decide this election, I think that

[27:32] there's going to be a swing back to uh

[27:34] the Democratic party.

[27:36] >> Yet on this floor tonight, I continue to

[27:38] hear from union members, our voice is

[27:40] simply not being heard by the Democratic

[27:42] Party.

[27:42] >> Well, I think that's a reflection of the

[27:44] labor movement. Uh we have in this

[27:46] convention tonight there's close to a

[27:49] quarter of the delegates are come from

[27:51] the labor movement. The labor movement

[27:52] put 47 million dollars into candidates

[27:56] from the Democratic party but has very

[27:58] little influence in it. As a matter of

[28:00] fact, the uh Democratic Party platform

[28:03] doesn't talk at all about labor law

[28:05] reform. For example, right now we're

[28:07] down to about 16% of the organized labor

[28:10] movement in America. As the labor

[28:12] movement drops in America, the the wages

[28:16] and the standards of living of this

[28:17] country decline. The labor movement

[28:19] fought in this country for social

[28:21] security, public education, for uh for

[28:24] good for the general society. So, uh if

[28:27] the labor movement keeps dropping in our

[28:29] society, the standards of living for our

[28:32] country are going to get worse.

[28:33] >> Let me ask you one more question. You

[28:35] are one of 626 Brown delegates. What is

[28:38] it going to take for you to encourage

[28:41] your own union members to go out and

[28:43] work for the Clinton Gore team? I think

[28:45] that at this moment it's going to become

[28:47] clear that uh there's a movement towards

[28:51] Clinton and Gourd and I think the bottom

[28:54] line is it is not electing and

[28:56] nominating uh Clinton and Gore is

[28:59] developing a movement behind the change

[29:02] of the because the platform is very

[29:04] vague although there's very good things

[29:06] in it for example in terms of national

[29:08] health says we want national health but

[29:10] what kind of national health we believe

[29:12] that we want a singlepayer system that

[29:14] for example So we got to fight for it.

[29:16] So what we're going to try to do is to

[29:18] try to build an activist progressive

[29:20] wing of the Democratic party to push the

[29:22] party in the direction of change so we

[29:26] can have meaningful changes in terms of

[29:28] labor law reforms in terms of programs

[29:31] to create jobs. America is in a crisis.

[29:34] America is in a crisis like have been

[29:36] since the 1930s.

[29:37] >> Dennis Rivera, thank you for joining us

[29:39] during lunch this evening. Dan, as you

[29:41] can see, there is union movement in

[29:43] direction of the Democratic Party. The

[29:45] unions though still struggling to

[29:47] determine exactly what their role will

[29:49] be in this upcoming election. Dan,

[29:52] >> thanks Paul. Late development and a

[29:54] curious one at that. Ross Perau has

[29:57] announced that he is cancelling all

[29:59] travel plans until further notice. This

[30:02] comes in the wake of Ed Rollins, the for

[30:05] one-time Reagan presidential campaign

[30:07] manager whom Perau had hired, announcing

[30:10] late in the day that he Rollins was

[30:12] finished. And as far as Dallas was

[30:14] concerned, he was out of there. Now,

[30:15] what this cancellation of travel plans

[30:17] until further notice by parole means,

[30:20] well, we don't quite know. We do know.

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[33:51] Democratic National Convention continues

[33:55] live from Madison Square Garden in New

[33:57] York City. Here again is Dan Rabbit.

[34:01] And the buzz of the convention at the

[34:02] moment is Mario Cuomo's nominating

[34:04] speech tonight. He really brought them

[34:06] to their feet. Created a lot of

[34:08] excitement, a lot of promise. Number

[34:11] two, a lot of talk about new polls. You

[34:13] can say, "Well, the polls don't mean

[34:14] much, but these Democrats think that

[34:16] they're beginning to smell uh the first

[34:19] scent of possible victory in November."

[34:22] And also the roll call itself, nearing

[34:24] the magic number where Bill Clinton will

[34:26] indeed be nominated. Let's pick it up.

[34:29] >> The great state of Michigan

[34:32] yearns for a leader who is as good,

[34:36] as decent, and as thoughtful as our

[34:39] people.

[34:41] And we have found him tonight.

[34:44] The hardworking state of Michigan cast

[34:47] its votes as follows.

[34:51] All of the pledged votes

[34:54] for the man who stared death in the eye

[34:57] and death blinked Senator Paul Sus have

[35:02] been cast for the next president of the

[35:05] United States.

[35:08] There are four abstensions.

[35:12] 35 votes for the man who told us at

[35:15] times we could and should fight city

[35:19] hall, Governor Jerry Brown.

[35:25] to announce to announce the votes for

[35:29] the next president of the United States

[35:32] is his near and dear friend in Michigan,

[35:36] our former governor, James J. Blanchard.

[35:42] Madame Chairman, the great state of

[35:45] Michigan, home of the Great Lakes and

[35:48] great people and great Democrats and I

[35:51] might add a great congressional

[35:53] delegation.

[35:55] proudly casts

[35:57] 120 votes for the next president of the

[36:00] United States, Governor Bill Clinton.

[36:07] These are live pictures of Governor

[36:09] Clinton who's with the quote Arkansas

[36:11] travelers. We said earlier they're part

[36:14] of the Arkansas delegation. We meant

[36:16] that in a broad sense. The delegation of

[36:18] our canons who came here to New York

[36:19] City to help Governor Clinton celebrate.

[36:22] Of course, the official delegation

[36:23] members are here in the hall. And a

[36:25] little bit earlier, Governor Clinton was

[36:27] dancing there in Macy's

[36:29] >> dance with his daughter Chelsea,

[36:32] >> Minnesota, land of 10,000.

[36:35] >> There it is. And dancing with Hillary

[36:37] Clinton earlier today when I talked to a

[36:40] very relaxed, very confident Governor

[36:41] Clinton at his hotel.

[36:45] He looked me in the eye with that kind

[36:48] of eye contact with which most

[36:50] politicians are good and said, "You

[36:52] know, Dan, God doesn't give you many

[36:55] days like this one."

[36:59] And how sweet it is. Long, long road

[37:03] through the primaries. Governor Clinton

[37:05] down at least twice from shots that

[37:09] other politicians, including many in his

[37:10] own party, thought that he would never

[37:13] get up and come back from come back he

[37:15] did. And now he's nominated for

[37:17] president of the United States. Ed

[37:19] Bradley's in Minnesota and with a great

[37:23] son of Minnesota. Ed. Uh Dan, I'm

[37:26] standing here with former Vice President

[37:28] Walter Manddale who served with

[37:30] President Jimmy Carter. We just talked

[37:33] to Governor Schaefer from Maryland who

[37:35] said he heard wonderful enthusiasm

[37:37] generated by Mario Cuomo tonight saying

[37:40] what the problems are. He says he wants

[37:42] to hear specifics from Bill Clinton

[37:44] tomorrow. How does he pay for it?

[37:47] >> First of all, maybe say that I thought

[37:49] that that nominating speech by Cuomo was

[37:52] dynamite. I think it stated the issues

[37:54] exactly the way they should be and sets

[37:56] it up. I think that uh to tomorrow night

[38:00] uh Bill Clinton has to be very clear

[38:03] about the direction in which this

[38:05] campaign and his administration will go.

[38:08] But this is not a night. Tomorrow night

[38:10] will not be a night to get into all

[38:11] kinds of detailed specifics. That's what

[38:14] the campaign's about. But tomorrow

[38:15] night, I wouldn't expect him to lay out

[38:17] a budget in detail. That's not what a

[38:19] that's not what an acceptance speech.

[38:21] This is for purpose, for direction, for

[38:24] values and so on. 1984 you were very

[38:27] honest, very upfront, very open with the

[38:29] American people. At the convention, you

[38:31] said in San Francisco, I will raise your

[38:34] taxes. It will be necessary. There are

[38:36] people who say today that you cannot

[38:37] solve the problems of this country

[38:39] without raising taxes. Your

[38:41] recommendation to Governor Clinton.

[38:43] >> I think that one good bit of news now is

[38:46] that it's going to be somewhat easier to

[38:48] handle that dilemma than when I was here

[38:50] in ' 84 for the reason of the collapse

[38:53] of the Soviet Union. there now are

[38:55] substantial savings that can come out of

[38:57] that defense department to to lighten

[39:00] the the budgetary burden. The other

[39:02] thing is the American people

[39:03] overwhelmingly favor increasing tax

[39:06] rates at the very highest income levels

[39:08] and Governor Clinton favors that and

[39:10] there are other things we can do to help

[39:12] bring that deficit down.

[39:13] >> It said that if you tax the top 2%

[39:15] you're only going to raise seven or

[39:17] eight billion.

[39:18] >> Well, you raise a little more than that.

[39:20] It's not a big amount, but that plus

[39:22] defense savings, plus health cost, care

[39:24] savings, I think you can get out of that

[39:27] dilemma that I was in in 1984 when the

[39:29] cord wear was still on.

[39:31] >> Would you say to him to say anything

[39:33] about taxes tomorrow?

[39:35] >> I think he can talk about what I've just

[39:37] said. Uh I think he should talk soberly

[39:40] about the difficulties of that horrible

[39:42] deficit. It has to be dealt with. It

[39:45] soers everything we've got to do. And

[39:47] that's the approach I take. Thank you

[39:50] very much, Mr. Vice President. Dan, back

[39:51] to you.

[39:52] >> Ed Bradley and Mort from Montdale. We

[39:54] were talking about the buzz on the

[39:56] convention floor and up in the peanut

[39:58] galleries and around the press gallery.

[39:59] The buzz now includes that word from

[40:01] Dallas that Ross Perau has canceled his

[40:03] travel schedule. A lot of speculation.

[40:05] Nobody seems to know. Part of the

[40:06] speculation is that Perau is about to

[40:08] come forward with his own detailed

[40:10] economic plan. Who knows? Who can say?

[40:13] Very interesting evening here at the

[40:15] Democratic National Convention. And then

[40:16] speaking of Ross Bau, let's go over to

[40:18] the Florida delegation where Susan

[40:20] Spencer is with former congressman, now

[40:22] Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Buddy

[40:24] McCay, on how Ross Perau is playing in

[40:27] Florida.

[40:27] >> Well, Dan, he does know what this all

[40:29] means. But, uh, Lieutenant Governor,

[40:31] what would the absence of Ross Po in the

[40:33] race mean in Florida?

[40:35] >> Well, uh, we think that Ross Perau's

[40:38] being in this race has broken it open in

[40:40] Florida. We think that things that were

[40:43] unthinkable a few weeks ago are now very

[40:46] realistic and uh we think uh whether he

[40:50] stays in or gets out, Florida is going

[40:52] to be a different place.

[40:53] >> But with him in, isn't it a lot easier

[40:55] for Bill Clinton? Doesn't he pull most

[40:57] of the votes that he has from George

[40:58] Bush?

[40:59] >> Well, what Ross Perau is saying is that

[41:01] we need change and he's got some people

[41:03] thinking about that. And that's what

[41:05] Bill Clinton's been saying. And uh Bill

[41:08] Clinton's got some very specific ideas

[41:10] about change and I think he's credible.

[41:12] I think Floridaians are really looking

[41:14] at this race. Now,

[41:15] >> do you really think that Bill Clinton is

[41:17] uh is not going to end up writing off

[41:19] Florida? I mean, Florida hasn't gone for

[41:20] a Democrat in an awfully long time.

[41:23] >> Florida is a very different place.

[41:25] Florida, I think, is uh is persuadable,

[41:28] and I think they've got a very different

[41:30] setting right now. They've got a

[41:32] president who's not doing a very good

[41:33] job of persuading anybody about

[41:35] anything. His record doesn't persuade

[41:38] people. We've got a tremendous ticket.

[41:40] Al Gore is very strong in Florida. Ran a

[41:43] strong race there. I think Florida is uh

[41:46] is ours if we can do our job right.

[41:48] >> We'll see what happens with Mr. Perau.

[41:50] Dan, back to you.

[41:51] >> Right, Susan? And noting there are a lot

[41:52] of Democrats in this hall who wouldn't

[41:54] say so in front of a microphone or a

[41:55] camera who's saying, "Boy, we sure hope

[41:58] Ross Perau stays in at least a while

[41:59] longer." because they're convinced that

[42:01] Perau being in the race gives Clinton a

[42:04] shot at states such as Florida, perhaps

[42:06] even Texas, where he might not uh do

[42:09] particularly well if it was simply a

[42:11] twoperson showdown. Uh Bush and Clinton.

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[43:25] >> Another reason we say the best tires in

[43:28] the world have Goodyear written all over

[43:30] them.

[43:30] >> I'd go to Goodyear immediately. I really

[43:32] would.

[43:34] >> If your child was sick, how far would

[43:36] you go to save her? Do you believe in

[43:37] miracles? Miracle Cure and all new 48

[43:40] hours returns next Wednesday. Then

[43:42] Thursday, meet Mary, Debbie, and Nikki.

[43:44] They're related by marriage. They're all

[43:46] married to the same man. How many more

[43:48] have said I do? And all new 48 hours and

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[43:54] Bo loves CBS shows. Oh,

[43:56] >> Bo would love to have his own CBS show.

[43:59] Perhaps Major Bo or Northern Bo

[44:03] >> or evening B.

[44:05] >> Bo just has one condition.

[44:07] >> Okay.

[44:08] >> Bo would like to star in two shows at

[44:09] one time.

[44:16] As the roll call continues here in

[44:18] Madison Square Garden, the roll call

[44:20] which will inevitably wind up with Bill

[44:22] Clinton getting well over the 2,145

[44:27] votes necessary for a nomination. Let's

[44:30] pick up a little more of the flavor of

[44:32] this roll call while explaining that

[44:35] these votes represent real people going

[44:38] into real voting places into primaries

[44:41] and caucuses and casting their votes

[44:42] that are now being announced as the

[44:45] delegation roll call rolls on.

[44:48] >> Seven votes for our great neighbor Paul

[44:51] Sonis who has impressed us with his

[44:53] undying Yankee spirit. And as for Bill

[44:56] Clinton, a man as solid as our granite,

[44:59] as warm as our winters are cold, we say

[45:02] to you, just as you were there with us,

[45:05] New Hampshire will be with you until the

[45:08] last dog dies.

[45:13] >> And we proudly cast 17 votes for the

[45:16] next president of the United States,

[45:20] Governor Bill Clinton.

[45:24] Thank you, Congressman Sweat.

[45:28] New Hampshire has cast 17 votes for

[45:31] Governor Clinton and seven votes for

[45:34] Senator Songs.

[45:36] New Jersey, are you ready? New Jersey.

[45:40] Madam Secretary,

[45:42] Madam Secretary, it is my pleasure

[45:46] to introduce the head of our delegation,

[45:49] the governor of the great state of New

[45:51] Jersey, Jim Florio.

[45:58] Madam Secretary,

[46:00] New Jersey, the Garden State and the

[46:03] Invention State, the place where Thomas

[46:05] Edison invented the first point of

[46:08] light, cast 24 votes for Jerry Brown,

[46:12] and proudly cast 102 votes for the next

[46:17] president of the United States, Governor

[46:19] Bill Clinton of Arkansas.

[46:25] Thank you, Governor Florio.

[46:29] New Jersey has cast 24 votes for

[46:32] Governor Brown and 102 votes for

[46:36] Governor Clinton.

[46:38] New Mexico,

[46:40] 34 votes.

[46:43] as New Mexico,

[46:46] >> the

[46:47] the the great state of New Mexico, the

[46:52] multiculture society state, the land of

[46:55] enchantment, the home of Senator

[46:58] Bingaman, Congressman Richardson,

[47:01] Chairman Ray Pal, proudly class 30 votes

[47:05] for the next president, Governor Clinton

[47:08] of Arkansas.

[47:11] Governor

[47:17] Brown, one vote for other.

[47:23] >> I'm sorry I missed that last vote. I

[47:25] didn't hear you.

[47:27] >> One one vote for other.

[47:35] New Mexico has cast three votes for

[47:38] Governor Brown,

[47:40] 30 votes for Governor Clinton, and one

[47:43] vote for other. Is that correct?

[47:46] >> Thank you.

[47:49] >> New York,

[47:56] 290

[47:58] votes. New York.

[47:59] >> Madam Chair,

[48:01] New York, the Empire State, a pro-choice

[48:05] state,

[48:10] cast 64 votes for Paul Sangas,

[48:14] 67 votes for Jerry Brown,

[48:18] and Governor Mario Cuomo joins in

[48:21] casting

[48:23] 155 votes for the next president of the

[48:26] United States of America. America

[48:28] Governor Bill Clinton.

[48:38] New York has cast 67 votes for Governor

[48:43] Brown,

[48:45] 155 votes for Governor Clinton, and 64

[48:50] votes for Senator Songs.

[48:53] North Carolina.

[48:57] North Carolina 99 votes.

[49:06] >> Are you ready? North Carolina.

[49:08] >> North Carolina cast

[49:11] one vote for the distinguished former

[49:14] governor of California, Jerry Brown.

[49:18] Three delegates are absent.

[49:22] And North Carolina is proud.

[49:25] North Carolina, a state dedicated to a

[49:28] better future for its people through

[49:31] technology and science and universal

[49:34] education, is proud to cast 95 votes for

[49:39] the next president of the United States,

[49:42] Governor Bill Clinton.

[49:48] >> North Carolina

[49:51] has cast one vote for Governor Brown.

[49:54] 95 votes for Governor Clinton and for

[49:58] three abstensions.

[50:01] North Dakota,

[50:03] 22 votes. North Dakota.

[50:13] On behalf of the tremendous people of

[50:16] North Dakota,

[50:18] which leads the nation in education,

[50:22] which was the first state to meet the

[50:24] standards of the Clean Air Act, the

[50:26] first state to meet the standards of the

[50:28] Clean Water Act, the state with the

[50:32] lowest crime rate,

[50:34] the state consistently ranked as having

[50:37] the best manufacturing climate in the

[50:40] United States. I proudly cast

[50:44] 18 votes for Governor Bill Clinton and

[50:48] Senator Al Gore and one other vote.

[50:57] North Dakota has cast 18 votes for

[51:01] Governor Clinton and one other vote.

[51:06] Ohio.

[51:11] 178 votes for you. Ohio.

[51:21] Madam Secretary,

[51:30] Ohio should do it. Should put Clinton

[51:32] over the top.

[51:34] Matter. Adam second.

[51:58] Madam Secret Madam Secretary Madr.

[52:05] The great state of Ohio, the state that

[52:08] gave us life, the state that gave us

[52:11] flight, and the state that gave America,

[52:14] the great John Glenn.

[52:22] Ohio wants change. America wants change.

[52:26] And Ohio cast 144 votes for the next

[52:30] president.

[52:50] with their Arkansas supporters.

[52:56] And as you watch them in their joy, you

[52:59] might want to think how long they have

[53:02] worked,

[53:04] how much it has taken

[53:08] and how much it has taken out of them

[53:11] for them to get here. And in Madison

[53:14] Square Garden itself, another of the

[53:17] rituals within the ritual that is a

[53:20] nominating convention,

[53:22] the candidate is nominated and the

[53:24] celebration begins. We've been sort of

[53:27] walking, if you will, around the lip of

[53:30] a volcanic crater during the evening.

[53:32] It's erupted twice so far this evening.

[53:35] Once at the end of Governor Mary Cuomo's

[53:38] nominating address. And now with the

[53:41] news from the Ohio delegation and the

[53:43] casting of their votes that Bill Clinton

[53:45] is indeed the Democratic Party's

[53:47] nomination. And so as they break into

[53:50] the stars and stripes forever, let's

[53:52] tour around the hall a little bit and

[53:54] see what these people are doing. You

[53:56] say, "Well, what are these grown people

[53:58] doing here? This is part of the backbone

[54:00] of the Democratic party. If they're to

[54:03] win the presidential election in

[54:05] November,

[54:06] these people have to get out, work

[54:08] almost non-stop between now and then.

[54:12] So, who can blame them for clapping,

[54:14] dancing, marching along, and savoring

[54:16] the moment?

[54:20] Now, it appears, I think this is the

[54:22] case, that Governor Clinton and Mrs.

[54:24] Clinton, Hillary Clinton, are heading

[54:26] for Madison Square Garden. Sometimes

[54:29] nominees do this, sometimes they don't.

[54:32] It appears that tonight the Clintons are

[54:34] going to walk into Madison Square

[54:35] Garden.

[54:46] Well, it's moments such as this with

[54:48] music such as this and pictures such as

[54:50] this where anchormen probably ought to

[54:53] say, "We're going to be quiet for a

[54:55] while and just listen to it. Watch it."

[54:57] Soak it up.

[55:35] Heat up here.

[55:55] Heat

[55:57] up

[56:00] here.

[56:24] Heat

[56:26] up

[56:28] here.

[56:46] Heat.

[56:49] Heat.

[57:13] Heat up

[57:17] here.

[57:22] Heat

[57:37] up

[57:41] here.

[58:06] Heat. Heat.

[58:31] Heat. Heat.

[58:36] Heat

[58:48] up

[58:52] here.

[59:24] On the streets of New York,

[59:27] the Democratic presidential nominee Bill

[59:29] Clinton

[59:30] 12-year-old daughter Chosen,

[59:33] his wife Hillary Clinton.

[59:37] They are leaving Macy's department store

[59:42] where the Arkansas supporters of

[59:44] Governor Clinton had gathered.

[59:47] And the belief runs strong that they're

[59:49] going to walk over to Madison Square

[59:50] Garden

[59:52] where even by a party that even by New

[59:55] York standards is big, loud, boisterous,

[59:58] and glorious is in full swing.

[60:29] 34th Street and 7th Avenue.

[60:38] The comeback kid comes to Madison Square

[60:40] Garden.

[60:49] And after those tough, low walk through

[60:53] the valley moments in New Hampshire, who

[60:55] would have thought

[60:58] that you would see him here now tonight

[61:01] as as the presidential nominee of his

[61:03] party.

[61:07] Listen, in politics, it can all go to n

[61:10] so quickly, but for these seconds, for

[61:13] this moment, how sweet it is.

[61:17] and as the Clintons.