CBS News - Republican Convention - 1992-08-20 (partial)

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[0:00] The humidity is up, the heat is on as

[0:03] George Bush and Dan Quail make their

[0:05] case to the convention and the country

[0:08] for honoring them with four more years.

[0:11] Tonight's the night President Bush

[0:13] officially accepts renomination and

[0:15] hopes to make an acceptance speech that

[0:17] will fire up the party faithful while

[0:19] attracting holding Democrats who voted

[0:22] for Reagan Bush and then Bush Quail. So,

[0:26] welcome to Houston on what's certain to

[0:28] be a pivotal night in campaign 92.

[0:44] Campaign 92, the Republican National

[0:46] Convention.

[0:48] Live from the Astradome in Houston,

[0:50] Texas, here is Dan Rather. Good evening

[0:54] and welcome to the home of the dome. And

[0:56] for these Republicans tonight, the House

[0:58] of Hope. Here on the floor of the 1992

[1:01] Republican National Convention, these

[1:03] Republican delegates feel it. They think

[1:05] they smell it. The Bush Quailo team

[1:08] cutting in to Clinton's lead. Headlines

[1:11] of the hour. President Bush in his

[1:13] acceptance speech tonight will propose,

[1:15] he will promise a tax cut in January,

[1:18] early next year if he is reelected. The

[1:21] Clinton campaign already responding. You

[1:24] couldn't believe him the last time when

[1:25] he said no new taxes. Why would you

[1:27] believe him this time? Also a headline,

[1:30] unemployment claims higher today. They

[1:32] announced figures than they have been in

[1:34] a very long time. Now, the hope of these

[1:37] Republican Democ Republican delegates is

[1:40] in three categories. Number one, the

[1:43] hope that President Bush tonight can

[1:44] deliver the speech of his life and put

[1:46] the Bush Quo team out front on top to

[1:49] stay. Number two, they're hoping that

[1:52] President Bush will attack Iraq sometime

[1:54] over the next 10 days to two weeks.

[1:56] Number three, they're hoping the

[1:58] delegates tell me that some what they

[2:00] call quote personal information, new

[2:02] personal information will come out on

[2:04] Governor Clinton sometime soon. Those

[2:06] are their hopes. Now, the latest CBS

[2:08] News New York Times poll indicates that

[2:11] there's some validity to the Republicans

[2:13] claim that their framework around the

[2:15] campaign, which they worked so hard to

[2:17] have happen at this convention, a

[2:19] framework of family values, is cutting

[2:22] in to the Clinton campaign's framework,

[2:24] which is basically we'll provide jobs,

[2:26] new business, and help for the economy.

[2:28] With more about the poll, we go up to

[2:29] the podium and our chief Washington

[2:31] correspondent, Bob Sheeper. Bob, good

[2:33] evening.

[2:33] >> Well, thank you, Dan. Our pollsters have

[2:35] been polling all week and we feel

[2:37] tonight we do have enough data in to

[2:39] make some judgments about how this

[2:41] convention is working and apparently the

[2:43] news is pretty good for George Bush. He

[2:45] is closing the margin on Bill Clinton.

[2:48] Let's look at the numbers. At the

[2:50] beginning of the week the president was

[2:52] 18 points behind in the horse race

[2:54] numbers. Clinton over 55%. That has now

[2:58] closed to 51 for Clinton, 40 for the

[3:00] president, a difference of 11 points. So

[3:04] what has happened so far seems to be

[3:06] working for the president. Again, we're

[3:08] finding that kind of odd thing though in

[3:10] these numbers in that while the

[3:11] president is closing the gap, what

[3:13] people think of President Bush does not

[3:15] seem to be changing. He had an approval

[3:17] rating of just 39% at the start of this

[3:21] week, it stayed relatively the same.

[3:23] Virtually no change at all. And when you

[3:26] look at another statistic, you

[3:28] understand why the president is is in

[3:30] trouble. He had an only a 14% approval

[3:33] rating on his handling of the economy as

[3:35] the week started. He's gotten that up to

[3:36] 18%. But that is not very much to write

[3:39] home about. What these numbers suggest,

[3:41] Dan, just what you were saying. The

[3:43] president's got to make a very good

[3:45] speech tonight if he's going to get the

[3:47] kind of bounce he needs to come out of

[3:48] this convention and make this a

[3:50] competitive race. Dan,

[3:52] >> thanks Bob. Over in the Washington

[3:53] delegation is Ed Bradley. And in effect,

[3:56] what President Bush must do tonight is

[3:59] reinvent himself, uh, put himself

[4:01] forward as a principal agent of change

[4:04] and a man who will be a a different kind

[4:07] of president next time around. How many

[4:09] times can he reinvent himself?

[4:11] >> Well, Dan, I think he's going to have to

[4:12] do it at least one more time if he wants

[4:14] to be president of this country. You

[4:16] know, these campaigns are sort of like

[4:17] trains that are ready to leave the

[4:18] station. These people here, they're the

[4:21] true believers. They're already on

[4:22] board. But what the president has to do

[4:24] is to convince the people out there that

[4:26] they have some reason to get on board

[4:28] the Bush train. And he has to start it

[4:30] with his speech tonight. And one of the

[4:33] things that's sort of ironic is that

[4:34] you've got a man who has spent most of

[4:36] his life in public service the last 12

[4:38] years in a very visible position who has

[4:41] to define himself to the American public

[4:43] to tell people what's in here, what he

[4:44] believes in, where he stands on the

[4:46] issues, particularly on the economy. And

[4:48] I think Dan, one thing you keep in mind

[4:50] that this night is the first day of a

[4:53] period that will define the rest of

[4:55] George Bush's life. Dan, thanks Ed. Over

[4:58] with the Tar Hills in North Carolina is

[5:00] Connie Chung. And Connie, I think it's

[5:02] pretty generally accepted that if George

[5:04] Bush and Dan Quail can't carry North

[5:06] Carolina in the coming election, they

[5:09] will be hostile baby. What does it look

[5:11] like over there? Well, Dan, uh, North

[5:13] Carolina is a state that George Bush

[5:15] whipped D caucus in in 1988. U just last

[5:19] week, Clinton was leading George Bush in

[5:21] the South by 14 percentage points. But

[5:24] now, our latest polling shows that just

[5:26] 3 days into the convention, Bush is

[5:28] running dead even with Clinton. That is

[5:30] the first regional crack in Clinton's

[5:32] national lead. Now, in the South, Bush

[5:35] supporters are mostly white. They're

[5:36] mostly male. They're mostly evangelical.

[5:38] But these are tough economic times and

[5:40] George Bush needs to pull ahead and stay

[5:42] ahead in the south and the way he can do

[5:44] that is to prove that he's going to do

[5:45] for the economy what he did for Desert

[5:47] Storm. That's not going to be easy

[5:49] because Clinton this year as opposed to

[5:51] the 88 candidate is from the South. He

[5:54] has an economic message and he feels

[5:56] perfectly comfortable in a Baptist

[5:57] church. So Dan, what built what George

[6:00] Bush is going to have to do is he's

[6:01] going to have to become commander and

[6:03] chief of the economy. Dan

[6:08] Thanks, Connie. A footnote, Senator

[6:10] Jesse Helms came from way behind in the

[6:13] last United States Senate race in North

[6:15] Carolina, way behind to a come from

[6:18] behind victory, using primarily what the

[6:20] Democrats saw as a racebased final

[6:24] advertising campaign. Up in our CBS News

[6:27] anchor booth, we're on the floor up in

[6:28] the anchor booth way back there is

[6:31] United States Senator Bob Doe. Senator,

[6:33] thanks for being with us.

[6:34] >> Thank you. Uh why is it that after 12

[6:37] years in national office and four

[6:40] presidential campaigns, George Bush is

[6:42] still having to tell us who he is?

[6:45] >> Well, I I think the times have changed

[6:47] and I think had the economy not gone

[6:49] down the tubes, uh we wouldn't be doing

[6:51] this tonight. But President Bush has to

[6:53] convince the American people with a

[6:55] credible, constructive message that he

[6:57] understands the problem and he's going

[6:58] to have a plan to solve it and he's

[7:00] ready to do it.

[7:02] Well, Senator, the 1988 Bush campaign

[7:04] wasn't always kind to Mrs. Doe, and that

[7:07] angered you deeply. Now, Hillary Clinton

[7:09] is the target. How do you feel about

[7:11] that?

[7:11] >> Well, I I haven't I I'm not certain

[7:13] she'll be a target from President Bush.

[7:14] I'm not certain Elizabeth, my wife, was

[7:16] in 1988. But it's my view is they ought

[7:19] to stick there going to be some negative

[7:21] campaigning, but we ought to be

[7:23] constructive. We ought to be positive.

[7:24] We ought to be telling American people

[7:26] where we're going to go the next four

[7:27] years. And I think that's what President

[7:28] Bush has in mind tonight. As Senator, as

[7:31] you know from having seen the advance of

[7:33] President Bush's speech, he's going

[7:35] promising that he'll cut taxes next year

[7:38] if he's reelected. Number one, uh since

[7:41] he said no new taxes in 1988, why should

[7:44] anyone believe him this time?

[7:45] >> Well, he's talking about cutting taxes,

[7:47] not raising taxes, and he's also saying,

[7:49] which I think is very responsible, he's

[7:50] not going to cut taxes unless we pay for

[7:52] the tax cuts. And I and I I give him an

[7:56] A+ for that. We don't need to add to the

[7:57] deficit. if we're going to have a tax

[7:58] cut, let's pay for it in some way. So,

[8:01] if that's uh that's his message, then I

[8:03] agree with it, and I think the American

[8:05] people will.

[8:06] >> Senator, you've got one of the toughest

[8:08] warm-up acts I can I could imagine

[8:10] tonight. Give us a preview. Are you

[8:12] going to dial back a little from what we

[8:15] might call the harsher kind of political

[8:16] attack in order to tee up President

[8:18] Bush's speech? Or is there going to be

[8:20] some fire and brimstone? No,

[8:21] >> I'm going to take a few little uh shots,

[8:23] but nothing serious. You know, you have

[8:25] to have a few little shots to keep the

[8:26] crowd going. But I'm going to be

[8:28] positive about President Bush and what I

[8:30] know about President Bush and why I

[8:31] believe he has a positive record and why

[8:34] the American people ought to focus on

[8:35] his speech which follows, I guess, a

[8:37] five-minute film after I speak and then

[8:40] the president. So, he's the key speaker.

[8:42] I'm just a warm-up. I'm, as you said,

[8:44] I'm I'm the warm-up guy.

[8:47] >> Senator Doe, thanks for being with us

[8:48] tonight. We appreciate you very much.

[8:49] Our CBS News coverage of the Republican

[8:52] National Convention will continue from

[8:53] the floor of the Astrodome in just a

[8:55] moment.

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[11:58] >> A pep rally atmosphere, the atmosphere

[12:00] maybe a Notre Dame pep rally here on the

[12:02] floor of the convention. Music plays an

[12:05] important part of that. and Bob Shever

[12:07] up on the podium. You said the other day

[12:09] that in one of these conventions,

[12:11] nothing happens by accident. It's about

[12:13] as much spontaneity as is in the average

[12:16] Christmas pageant by children. And

[12:19] that's the case with this music, isn't

[12:20] it?

[12:20] >> Well, I'm not sure I understand what's

[12:22] going on, Dan. I've covered a lot of

[12:24] these conventions and this is the first

[12:25] one I've ever known of to be running

[12:27] ahead of schedule. Maybe I can find an

[12:29] answer. Let me uh I am wearing headcam

[12:31] tonight. Let Craig, why is why are you

[12:33] ahead of schedule? But I never heard it,

[12:34] but this is Greg Fuller who's a manager.

[12:36] >> Listen, we're working very hard to

[12:37] maintain our schedule. We actually built

[12:39] it a little bit of time so that our

[12:41] folks out here could have some fun, get

[12:43] worked up a little bit before uh some of

[12:45] the main events coming along here.

[12:46] >> Well, this may be an alltime first.

[12:47] First convention to run on schedule or

[12:49] even ahead.

[12:50] >> We're trying. We're trying.

[12:50] >> All right.

[12:51] >> So, that's it, Dan. They just got a

[12:52] little ahead of themselves and they're

[12:54] just having a little music here to uh to

[12:56] kind of get back on schedule so the vice

[12:58] president will appear at the proper

[12:59] time. Back to you.

[13:00] >> I see. So, they're using the music as a

[13:02] fill.

[13:02] >> Yes, sir. Well, you learn something

[13:03] every second time. Ed Bradley is in the

[13:06] Florida delegation where even in the

[13:08] Sunshine State, which both parties right

[13:11] now put solidly in the Bush Quail

[13:14] column, they're worried about the

[13:16] economy there, aren't they?

[13:17] >> Yeah. In fact, Dan, I'm standing here

[13:18] with Senator Connie Mack, who was one of

[13:20] the seven conservative Republicans who

[13:22] sent a letter to the president asking

[13:24] for a big tax cut as part of his

[13:27] proposal. Senator, it it looks like

[13:29] that's what the president is going to

[13:31] announce tonight. He's going to call for

[13:32] a tax cut in January, we're told. Does

[13:34] that surprise you?

[13:35] >> Uh, no, it doesn't surprise me. Uh, the

[13:38] sending that message, if you will, that

[13:40] got us all involved in this discussion.

[13:42] Uh, I didn't really know and won't know

[13:44] until he says it that exactly what's

[13:45] going to happen, but there's been that

[13:46] speculation all week now that there

[13:48] would be a call for tax cuts in his

[13:50] second term.

[13:51] >> With the high unemployment you have in

[13:53] Florida, about 9%. What is more

[13:55] important in your state, the economy or

[13:57] family values? I think the economy is

[13:59] what people want to talk about in my

[14:01] state. They want to talk about what's

[14:02] going to reinvigorate the economy,

[14:04] what's going to allow for the formation

[14:06] of new businesses and the creation of

[14:07] new jobs. I think that's the central

[14:08] theme. And does a tax cut give you a

[14:11] problem with the deficit?

[14:13] >> It depends on what kind of a tax cut

[14:14] we're talking about. Uh the t kind of

[14:16] tax cut should be geared towards the

[14:18] formation of capital which will allow

[14:19] for investment.

[14:20] >> Thank you very much, Senator Dan. Back

[14:22] to you. Thanks, Ed. Connie Chong is in

[14:25] the main delegation. By the way, Maine

[14:26] Senator Bill Coin was uh here for the

[14:28] convention for a few days. Uh but I

[14:31] understand Connie in Maine that you're

[14:32] talking about reverse coattails helping

[14:35] the president in this election.

[14:36] >> That's right, Dan. Senator Cohen, Maine

[14:40] probably isn't a major problem for uh

[14:42] George Bush, but the Northeast is. How

[14:45] can George Bush try and capture those

[14:47] important states? And I think Dan just

[14:49] mentioned sort of a reverse coattail

[14:51] situation. Well, I think he is going to

[14:52] have to rely upon the popularity of a

[14:54] number of key figures in Massachusetts.

[14:56] Obviously, Governor Weld has been very

[14:57] important to him. Massachusetts is

[14:59] always a difficult state for

[15:00] Republicans, but I think Bill Weld is

[15:02] immensely uh talented and popular. In

[15:05] New Hampshire, we've got Warren Rdman,

[15:06] and Warren Rdman is certainly one of the

[15:07] most popular figures in the country, not

[15:09] to mention New Hampshire.

[15:10] >> Even though he's not running again,

[15:11] >> even though he's not running, he carries

[15:12] tremendous appeal for the for the

[15:14] voters. I think his strong endorsement

[15:16] is going to be a big boost to President

[15:18] Bush. And I think throughout the

[15:19] Northeast, that's what the president

[15:20] have to rely upon because he's going to

[15:22] be concentrating in some of the major uh

[15:23] states as far as population and and

[15:25] delegate votes are concerned. So, he'll

[15:27] have to depend upon those of us down in

[15:29] the trenches to to work on his behalf.

[15:31] >> Now, President Bush apparently is going

[15:33] to uh propose a tax cut in January.

[15:36] That's what he's going to say in his

[15:37] speech. What do you think of that?

[15:38] >> Well, I think any proposal of tax cuts

[15:40] has would have to be combined with the

[15:41] proposal for spending reductions. to

[15:43] simply say we're going to have a tax cut

[15:45] without more I don't think would be a

[15:47] responsible course for us to follow. I

[15:48] think if the president's going to

[15:49] propose it, I am confident he'll insist

[15:52] upon spending reductions and then that

[15:54] makes some sense.

[15:55] >> Thank you, Senator Bill Cohen of Maine.

[15:57] Back to you, Dan.

[15:58] >> Thanks, Connie. Something new in

[16:00] politics, the fact wars. Charles Kowalt

[16:03] is up in our CBS News anchor booth. And

[16:05] Charles, uh, what's this fact war all

[16:08] about?

[16:09] >> Well, it's about this. Bill Clinton is

[16:11] the failed governor of a small state.

[16:14] President Bush has changed the world and

[16:17] now he will change America. If you've

[16:19] been paying attention, you've heard

[16:21] Republican delegates uh say these uh two

[16:24] lines over and over again at this

[16:26] convention uh right there at your in

[16:29] your own home. That's because they have

[16:31] been told to say them in fact messages

[16:34] slipped under every delegate's hotel

[16:36] room door in the middle of the night.

[16:38] This is today's daily line. That is what

[16:41] they call it, honest. Uh it proposes

[16:44] these phrases for delegates to use when

[16:46] they're talking to reporters about

[16:48] President Bush today. Cleareyed vision,

[16:51] strong plan, trustworthy, level-headed

[16:54] leader, war hero, family man, integrity,

[16:57] character, steadiness, trust. If you had

[17:00] just read these midnight bulletins every

[17:02] morning and then called a few phrases

[17:05] from the speeches here, you could have

[17:07] skipped the whole convention. Are you

[17:09] ready? Bill Clinton is slick Willie,

[17:13] married to a feminist who wants to let

[17:15] children sue their parents, promoting a

[17:17] radical plan to destroy the traditional

[17:19] family, favors abortion on demand, women

[17:21] in combat, single-sex marriages, did

[17:25] inhale, would appoint Mario Cuomo to the

[17:28] Supreme Court, redistribute wealth and

[17:30] raise taxes, wants to save the spotted

[17:32] owl, but put American workers on the

[17:34] endangered species list. can't be

[17:37] trusted. Welfare state, Democrat

[17:39] Congress, liberal media elite.

[17:42] That's it. The convention in 30 seconds

[17:45] and probably Dan, a preview of the 1992

[17:49] Republican campaign.

[17:51] Thanks, Charles. Up on the podium now,

[17:53] Missouri Senator John Danforth is

[17:55] beginning to introduce Vice President

[17:58] Dan Quail, George Bush's running mate

[18:01] for reelection. So, he's getting close

[18:03] to the time and we'll be hearing the

[18:05] acceptance speech of Dan Quo. So, stay

[18:07] here with us right now. We'll take a

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[19:54] >> CBS News live coverage of the Republican

[19:57] National Convention will continue.

[20:00] President Bush came here for the bounce.

[20:03] Tomorrow, we'll ask voters in the most

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[21:44] Campaign 92 CBS News coverage of the

[21:47] Republican National Convention continues

[21:51] live from the Astrodome in Houston,

[21:53] Texas. Here again is Dan Ratford.

[21:57] President Bush's motorcade is nearing

[21:59] the Astrodome area now in preparation

[22:03] for his acceptance speech later on.

[22:04] Before that will be Vice President Quo

[22:06] speech. Right now, let's go over to

[22:08] Illinois, another of the key

[22:10] battleground states, perhaps even more

[22:13] in this presidential election than it

[22:14] has been some past. Ed Bradley's there.

[22:17] Ed. Uh Dan, I'm here in Illinois with

[22:20] former Governor Jim Thompson, who's one

[22:22] of the national co-chairs of the Bush

[22:24] Quail Campaign. Governor, we're told

[22:26] that the president is going to propose a

[22:28] tax cut in January in his speech. Your

[22:31] reaction to that?

[22:33] >> Well, depending on the kind of cut and

[22:34] the amount of the cut could be an

[22:36] effective stimulus to the economy,

[22:39] he will have to explain how he's going

[22:41] to pay for the cut. And I assume he'll

[22:44] balance it with a cut in spending.

[22:47] Depending on where the tax cut is and

[22:49] where the spending cut is, it could be

[22:51] an effective stroke for a recovering

[22:54] economy. What's the most important issue

[22:56] in your state?

[22:57] >> Most important issue in my state is the

[22:59] same issue that's most important for

[23:01] America. The fear of a great many

[23:04] American people that their jobs or their

[23:06] healthcare or their pensions or their

[23:09] kids' future are in trouble. George Bush

[23:12] tonight and for the next 64 days has to

[23:16] speak plainly and directly to those

[23:17] people. Connect with them. make sure

[23:21] that he is proposing a program that they

[23:25] agree with and sells himself in the same

[23:28] way that he's able very successfully to

[23:30] sell himself in the international arena.

[23:32] That's the bottom line of this campaign.

[23:34] It's as simple as that. Governor, thank

[23:35] you very much, Dan. What we're hearing

[23:37] more and more is that uh in addition to

[23:39] family values, more people are talking

[23:41] about the economy. Back to you, Dan.

[23:43] Thanks, Ed. President Bush's motorcade

[23:45] has arrived at the Astrodome and the

[23:47] president is getting out of his

[23:49] limousine. What they will do, of course,

[23:51] is take him to sort of the bowels of the

[23:53] Astrodome to a holding position probably

[23:55] just below the podium, although there

[23:57] are several other places in the building

[23:59] where he could could go to rest before

[24:01] he makes his speech. And of course, the

[24:04] Secret Service has a number of places

[24:07] they can take the president. Of course,

[24:09] the idea of heart of security is not to

[24:12] let anybody know where he's going. But

[24:14] the president is arriving here early say

[24:18] in the past frequently the presidential

[24:21] candidate accepting nomination wait a

[24:24] little later in the evening. But

[24:25] President Bush whose confidence in his

[24:28] public appearances seems to have been

[24:30] rising by the hour in recent days. Uh

[24:33] the most recent example was this morning

[24:35] at a prayer breakfast here in Houston

[24:36] where he handled himself with a

[24:38] confident air, a gleam in his eye, and

[24:40] even a sense of humor. He's getting here

[24:42] plenty early. But before the president's

[24:45] speech, there will be the speech by Vice

[24:46] President Dan Quayle. Now, there's quite

[24:48] a bit of

[24:50] um rumble on the floor of the convention

[24:52] about the speech last night by Marilyn

[24:55] Quail. A number of the uh younger

[24:58] Republicans in the hall said while they

[24:59] like Marilyn Quail, they didn't think

[25:00] the speech actually would get the

[25:02] Republicans many more votes. But there

[25:04] were, I'd have to say, at least as many

[25:06] people I've talked to who just raved

[25:07] about Marilyn Quail's speech. Um Jeb

[25:10] Bush is with his father tonight as the

[25:13] president walks into the hall. This is

[25:15] the second time this week that the

[25:16] president has been in the Astro. Those

[25:18] of you who were with us last night, of

[25:19] course, know that he made that quote

[25:21] surprise appearance with Barbara Bush.

[25:23] say quote surprise because while

[25:25] everybody was told that he was surprised

[25:26] to Barbara Bush, uh there's always some

[25:28] skepticism that those things are planned

[25:31] well in advance.

[25:33] Now, as we await President Bush arriving

[25:36] in his holding area and as we await the

[25:38] time when Vice President Quail will be

[25:40] standing and delivering his acceptance

[25:42] speech, let's take a break, but stay

[25:44] here with us. We'll be right back.

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[28:36] Austin

[28:38] >> here on the floor of the ASOME as we

[28:40] await Vice President Dan Cle's

[28:42] appearance and his acceptance speech.

[28:45] Let's go to our CBS News consultant and

[28:47] former campaign manager for President

[28:49] Ronald Reagan, Ed Rollins. Ed, good to

[28:51] be with you again tonight. Vice

[28:54] President Quail in effect has been

[28:56] called by President Bush the best

[28:57] qualified man in America to be president

[28:59] if anything should happen to him. But a

[29:02] lot of other people simply, let's face

[29:04] it, see him as a quote lightweight. What

[29:06] can he do tonight to help his

[29:07] reputation?

[29:08] >> Obviously, the expectations are very low

[29:09] for his speech. So, anything he does

[29:11] above and beyond the expectations is is

[29:13] is a plus. Uh clearly, he's the he's the

[29:16] second act tonight. It's the president's

[29:17] speech that everybody's really

[29:18] anticipating. And I think just getting

[29:20] through a speech basically reinforcing

[29:22] the the kinds of concepts that his wife

[29:24] hit on last night is probably all that

[29:26] he can do.

[29:29] >> Ed, the vice president's campaign in

[29:31] 1988 was deemed by him and by Mrs. Well,

[29:34] at least is a disaster. What could he

[29:36] What should he do differently this time

[29:37] around?

[29:38] >> He will have a much tougher campaign

[29:39] this time. A pres a president normally

[29:41] stays above the fray and puts the vice

[29:44] president into the mix with both the

[29:45] vice presidential candidate and the

[29:47] presidential candidate. As you recall,

[29:48] George Bush had a terrible uh vice

[29:51] presidential campaign in 1984. So, I

[29:53] think if Quail thought he had a tough

[29:55] campaign last time, it's going to be

[29:56] much tougher. Equally as important, this

[29:59] time it's a generational jump. He pitted

[30:01] against Lloyd Benson last time. Nobody

[30:03] expected him to be in the same league.

[30:05] This is the next generation of politics.

[30:07] Uh Gore and and and obviously Clinton

[30:10] are younger and and he's going to be

[30:11] compared to that generation.

[30:13] >> And Vice President Quail has just come

[30:16] out on the podium back there. There'll

[30:18] be a demonstration of course for him.

[30:21] Either way, the hall is absolutely

[30:23] packed tonight all the way up to the

[30:26] high high rafters. The Republicans have

[30:29] made sure that there's not an empty seat

[30:31] in the House. And quite frankly, given

[30:32] the enthusiasm here in Houston, I don't

[30:34] think that was difficult at all to do.

[30:36] But Ed Rollins, as this demonstration

[30:38] continues on, and we look at 45year-old

[30:42] Dan Quail, the 44th vice president of

[30:45] the United States, Ed, how much drag on

[30:49] a ticket in the end is an unpopular vice

[30:52] presidential candidate?

[30:53] >> Close election, it may be two or three

[30:55] points. The likelihood is that uh that

[30:58] in this case it's going to be a close

[30:59] election. So unlike 1988, Quail could be

[31:03] could be a drag. I don't think he will

[31:05] be because I think obviously the

[31:07] president's either going to get in this

[31:08] race, make it close or or uh they're

[31:11] not.

[31:12] >> And do you expect to see a raised

[31:14] profile for Mrs. Quail in the campaign?

[31:17] They gave her a a prime position last

[31:19] night as a speaker.

[31:20] >> I would expect both uh Mrs. Bush and

[31:22] Mrs. quail to play a very significant

[31:24] role as the other uh Democrat wives I

[31:28] think are going to play a more

[31:29] significant role also.

[31:31] >> Ed was in the end was real consideration

[31:33] given to dropping quail. I don't think

[31:36] by the president I think there's an

[31:37] awful lot of people who who thought he

[31:40] might add to the

[31:41] >> he started speaking go to the vice

[31:42] president

[31:43] >> and friends around America

[31:46] >> with gratitude

[31:48] and a sense of mission once again I

[31:52] accept your nomination as vice president

[31:54] of the United states.

[32:14] Tonight,

[32:19] >> Tonight,

[32:21] I am stronger, more confident, and more

[32:25] determined than ever to reelect our

[32:27] great President, George Bush.

[32:39] I know my critics

[32:42] wish I were not standing here tonight.

[32:45] They don't like our values. They look

[32:47] down on our beliefs. They're afraid of

[32:50] our ideas. And they know the American

[32:53] people stand on our side. And that's and

[32:58] that's why when someone confronts them

[33:00] and challenges them, they will stop at

[33:03] nothing to destroy again. And I say to

[33:06] them, you have failed.

[33:19] I stand I stand before you and before

[33:23] the American people unbound, unbroken,

[33:27] and ready to keep fighting for our

[33:29] beliefs.

[33:40] I come from I come from Huntington, a

[33:44] small farming community in Indiana.

[33:47] I had an upbringing like many in my

[33:49] generation, a life built around family,

[33:52] public school, little league,

[33:54] basketball, and church on Sunday.

[33:57] My brother and I shared a room in our

[33:58] two-bedroom house, and we walked to

[34:01] school together.

[34:02] This was life in small town America. Our

[34:06] people were strong and we believed in

[34:08] the traditional values of middle

[34:11] America.

[34:13] Marilyn and I have tried to teach our

[34:14] children these values like faith in God,

[34:18] love of family, and appreciation of

[34:22] freedom.

[34:31] We have also taught them about family

[34:34] issues.

[34:35] like adoption. My parents adopted twins

[34:38] when I was 10 years old. We've we've

[34:42] taught our children to respect single

[34:44] parents and their challenges, challenges

[34:46] that face my grandmother many years ago

[34:49] and my own sister today. And we've

[34:52] taught our children about the tragedy of

[34:54] diseases like breast cancer, which took

[34:58] the life of Marilyn's mother.

[35:01] Marilyn and I have hosted an annual

[35:04] event called the Race for the Cure of

[35:06] Breast Cancer. Two months ago, 20,000

[35:09] runners, men and women, young and old,

[35:12] joined us in our nation's capital to

[35:14] race for the cure.

[35:16] By leading the battle against breast

[35:18] cancer in memory of her mother, Marilyn

[35:21] has taken a family tragedy and turned it

[35:24] into hope for others.

[35:39] Like so many Americans, for me, family

[35:42] comes first.

[35:44] When family values are undermined,

[35:48] our country suffers.

[35:50] All too often, parents struggle to

[35:53] instill character in their sons and

[35:54] daughters, only to see their values

[35:57] belittled and their beliefs mocked by

[36:00] those who look down on America.

[36:04] Americans try to raise their children to

[36:06] understand right and wrong, only to be

[36:09] told that every so-called lifestyle

[36:11] alternative is morally equivalent. That

[36:14] is wrong.

[36:27] The gap,

[36:30] the gap between us and our opponents is

[36:33] a cultural divide.

[36:35] It is not just a difference between

[36:37] being conservative and liberal. It is a

[36:40] difference between fighting for what's

[36:41] right and refusing to see what's wrong.

[36:52] Families can also be strengthened by

[36:54] empowering our people with low taxes,

[36:58] home ownership, parental choice and

[37:01] education, job training, safe streets, a

[37:05] clean environment, and an affordable

[37:08] healthcare. In all of these areas, we

[37:11] have a reform agenda, and it's time for

[37:14] Congress to get out of the way and to

[37:16] pass the president's plan.

[37:43] Speaking of reform, our legal system

[37:47] Speaking of reform, our legal system is

[37:50] spinning out of control. The explosion

[37:52] of frivolous lawsuits burdens our

[37:54] economy and weakens our system of

[37:56] justice. America has 5% of the world's

[38:00] population and 70% of the world's

[38:03] lawyers.

[38:09] Now, I have nothing against lawyers,

[38:13] >> at least most of them. I'm I'm a lawyer

[38:17] and I'm married to a lawyer. When we

[38:20] worked our way through night law school,

[38:23] Marilyn and I look forward with pride to

[38:25] becoming part of the finest legal system

[38:28] in the world. But today, our country has

[38:31] a problem. Our legal system is costing

[38:34] consumers $300 billion dollar a year.

[38:41] The litigation explosion has damaged our

[38:44] competitiveness. It has wiped out jobs.

[38:47] It has forced doctors to quit practicing

[38:49] in places where they're needed most.

[38:51] Every American knows this legal system

[38:53] is broken, and now is the time to fix

[38:55] it.

[39:12] President's Council on Competitiveness,

[39:14] which I chair, will continue to lead the

[39:17] charge against unnecessary federal

[39:19] regulations. We've worked to save jobs

[39:22] and to save lives. We've reformed the

[39:25] drug approval process to speed up the

[39:27] availability of new medicines for people

[39:30] with lifethreatening diseases like

[39:32] cystic fibrosis, cancer, and AIDS. And

[39:37] what what is the response of the

[39:39] Democrats in Congress? They've tried to

[39:42] kill the Council on Competitiveness,

[39:44] which stands up for the American people

[39:46] and against the bureaucrats and against

[39:48] the special interests.

[39:50] They

[39:52] They think the Competitiveness Council

[39:54] should go. They don't get it. It's time

[39:58] for them to go.

[40:21] You know,

[40:23] you know, if the Democrats in Congress,

[40:25] the Democrats in Congress can't run

[40:27] their own restaurant, can't run their

[40:29] own post office, can't run their own

[40:31] bank, they sure can't be trusted to run

[40:33] our country.

[40:45] I hope everybody who watched the

[40:47] Democratic convention noticed how they

[40:49] hid their congressional leaders. You

[40:52] couldn't find them anywhere. Maybe it

[40:55] was a slick idea to keep those

[40:57] Democratic congressmen and senators

[40:58] under wraps. But on election day, but on

[41:02] election day, they're going to learn a

[41:03] hard lesson. You can run from a TV

[41:06] camera. You can even run from your own

[41:08] delegates. But you can't hide from the

[41:10] voters of America. Congress.

[41:28] So So again, so again, there is only one

[41:32] thing to say about the spend everything,

[41:34] block everything, do nothing Democratic

[41:37] Congress. It's time for them to go.

[42:00] And it's time

[42:02] And it's time And it's time to change

[42:06] Congress for good. Almost 16 years ago,

[42:09] in my first speech as a member of the

[42:12] House of Representatives,

[42:14] I proposed limiting the terms of

[42:16] Congress.

[42:18] The Democratic Congress,

[42:20] the Democratic Congress tell us that

[42:23] it's good for the country to limit

[42:24] Ronald Reagan and George Bush to two

[42:27] terms as president. I say to them, if

[42:30] it's good for the country to limit

[42:31] Ronald Reagan and George Bush to two

[42:32] terms, then it would be great for the

[42:35] country to limit the terms of Senators

[42:37] George Mitchell and Ted Kennedy and the

[42:39] rest of that liberal Democratic crowd

[42:41] down there in Washington.

[43:04] None of the reforms, none of the reforms

[43:06] I've just mentioned has any support from

[43:09] Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton talks about

[43:11] change, but he can't really change

[43:13] America because the special interest

[43:16] won't let him. He can't say a word, not

[43:18] one single word about legal reform

[43:21] because the trial lawyers won't let him.

[43:24] He can't support He can't support He

[43:27] can't support school choice for parents

[43:29] because the education lobby won't let

[43:31] him.

[43:34] And he will not join the majority of

[43:36] Americans in supporting term limits

[43:37] because the Democrat Congress won't let

[43:39] him.

[43:42] And he can't fight for the traditional

[43:44] family because his supporters in

[43:46] Hollywood and the media elite won't let

[43:49] him.

[43:53] My friends,

[43:55] my friends, Bill Clinton and the special

[43:58] interest will never run America because

[44:01] we won't let them.

[44:16] You know, you know

[44:21] For more now, speaking of the media, for

[44:25] more than a month, the media have been

[44:27] telling us that Bill Clinton and Al Gore

[44:30] are moderates.

[44:37] >> If they're moderates, then I'm a world

[44:39] champion speller.

[45:11] We we are the true voice for change and

[45:15] we do not take our marching orders from

[45:16] the special interests. On behalf of

[45:19] legal reform and education reform, we've

[45:21] taken on the strongest forces of the

[45:22] status quo and we will not back down.

[45:29] On behalf of deregulation and term

[45:31] limits, we've taken on the Democratic

[45:32] Congress and we will not back down.

[45:37] And on behalf of Family Values, we've

[45:39] taken on Hollywood and the Media League

[45:41] and we will not back down.

[45:51] It's been said, it's been said and is

[45:54] true that a leader gives his people

[45:57] character. And once again, America is

[46:00] going to choose a leader who has

[46:01] judgment, experience, and moral

[46:04] strength. Four years ago, none of us

[46:08] knew that the Berlin Wall would fall,

[46:10] the Iron Curtain would be lifted, the

[46:12] Baltic nations would be free, communism

[46:15] would be dead and buried, the Soviet

[46:17] Union would cease to exist, and the

[46:19] threatening SS18 ballistic missiles

[46:22] would be history.

[46:23] Nor did we know that we would be called

[46:27] upon to confront the aggression of a

[46:30] Middle East tyrant. But four years ago,

[46:33] we did know this. Whatever lay ahead,

[46:36] there was a clear choice to lead us.

[46:39] There was one man we could trust to

[46:41] guide our journey to a new century. And

[46:43] because we elected George Bush as our

[46:45] president, America is stronger and the

[46:48] world is safer.

[47:09] my friends.

[47:12] Now listen, listen, listen, listen to

[47:15] this. Now listen to this. In an attempt

[47:18] in an attempt to establish credibility

[47:20] in foreign policy, Governor Clinton

[47:23] recently compared himself to former

[47:25] Governor Ronald Reagan.

[47:32] I know Ronald Reagan.

[47:36] Ronald Reagan is a friend of mine.

[47:40] And Bill Clinton, you're no Ronald

[47:43] Reagan.

[48:04] Democratic

[48:11] the Democratic nominee

[48:13] the Democratic nominee calls America the

[48:16] mockery of the world. But he and his

[48:18] running mate are the only ones that

[48:20] believe that. To Governor Clinton, I say

[48:23] this. America is the greatest nation in

[48:26] the world. And that's one thing you're

[48:28] not going to change.

[48:39] These last four years, I've worked I've

[48:42] worked with a man who represents so much

[48:44] of what's good in our country. A man

[48:47] whose public and personal life are the

[48:50] embodiment of character. Every day in

[48:52] that Oval Office, I see the dedication

[48:55] of a husband, father, and grandfather,

[48:58] the self-reliance of an entrepreneur,

[49:00] the courage of a Navy pilot, the

[49:04] dependability of a loyal friend, the

[49:06] compassion of a man of faith, and the

[49:09] wisdom of the man who married Barbara

[49:12] Bush.

[49:21] George Bush has given us great victories

[49:23] abroad and performed great deeds at

[49:26] home. But as Theodore Roosevelt said,

[49:28] "The greatest victories are yet to be

[49:31] won, and the greatest deeds are yet to

[49:34] be done." We will go on fighting for the

[49:37] values, the hopes, and the dreams of our

[49:39] people. We will take this campaign to

[49:41] every American and to every state. We

[49:44] will win because of our principles. We

[49:46] will win because of our beliefs. And we

[49:48] will build an America more secure in the

[49:50] values of faith, family, and freedom. In

[49:53] these difficult times, America needs the

[49:55] very best, the best in character, the

[49:59] best in leadership, and the best in

[50:01] judgment. And the very best is our

[50:03] nominee, our president, George Bush.

[50:06] Thank you very much. God bless you, and

[50:09] God bless America.

[50:25] 45-year-old Dan Quail

[50:28] demonstrated how much he has improved as

[50:31] a Dave Gal public speaker

[50:36] over the four years that he's been vice

[50:38] president.

[50:40] Ben Johnson once said, "Language most

[50:43] shows a man speak that I may see thee."

[50:46] And in that spirit, Dan Quail has given

[50:49] one of his better performances here

[50:51] tonight.

[50:53] The latest CBS News polls indicate

[50:58] Mr. Quail's approval rating is 20%.

[51:01] Unfavorable 50%. He runs behind Senator

[51:05] Al Gore, even among Republicans. His

[51:08] approval rating has never been higher

[51:09] than 33% in the poll.

[51:13] The vice president has tried to position

[51:15] himself as the favorite for 1996

[51:18] at the top of the Republican ticket by

[51:20] his loyalty to George Bush. Although in

[51:22] this hall, he runs far behind Jack Kemp

[51:25] in popularity among the delegates.

[51:29] The Quo family coming out now for what

[51:34] in many newspapers will be one of two

[51:37] front page pictures tomorrow. It of

[51:39] course will be President Bush who will

[51:42] be giving his acceptance speech a little

[51:44] later on. His wife Marilyn Quail and the

[51:47] three children Tucker 18, Benjamin 15,

[51:50] Karine 13.

[51:57] Let's go over to Connie Chung who is

[52:00] with one of the powers of this

[52:02] Republican convention, the Reverend Pat

[52:04] Robertson. Connie, thank you Dan. You're

[52:07] right. He is one of the powers. In 1988,

[52:09] George Bush uh one out of five voters

[52:12] who voted for George Bush was an

[52:14] evangelical. Pat Robertson, how do you

[52:17] think Dan Quell did? Was he far right

[52:19] enough for you?

[52:20] >> Listen, he was right on the money. I was

[52:22] looking for strength and he showed it.

[52:24] He's matured enormously in these four

[52:26] years. This was a brilliant speech and

[52:28] frankly I think it probably got him the

[52:31] nomination for 96 assuming the ticket

[52:33] wins and I think it will.

[52:35] >> Well, has the party gone far right

[52:38] enough for you? I mean, there's a gay

[52:39] bashing that you brought up. I mean,

[52:41] there's some people who think that it

[52:43] it's gone too far.

[52:45] >> Well, Connie, I I think really it's

[52:47] mainstream. You know, when we get down

[52:48] to faith, 80% of the people want prayer

[52:51] in schools. 94% believe in God. Uh the

[52:55] the percentages I think favor the

[52:57] platform and I don't consider it right.

[52:59] I think it's pretty much centered.

[53:01] >> Thank you, Pat Robertson.

[53:03] >> Dan, back to you. Pat Robertson here.

[53:05] But you know what they say, you're no

[53:06] Dan Quail.

[53:09] >> We'll see.

[53:12] >> Thank you very much, Connie Chong and

[53:14] the Reverend Pat Robertson. Our CBS News

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[53:17] continue live in just a moment. So stay

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[57:02] Campaign 92 CBS News coverage of the

[57:06] Republican National Convention continues

[57:09] live from the Astrodome in Houston,

[57:11] Texas. Here again is Dan Rabbit.

[57:15] Well, if you care about politics, if you

[57:17] like conventions, there you know that

[57:20] there's a moment when the crowd really

[57:22] comes alive and the word, whatever the

[57:24] word is spread. This crowd has come

[57:26] alive. The word is spread. The president

[57:28] is here. And that always gets people up

[57:31] right on the edge of their seats. And

[57:32] that's what's happening with this

[57:33] moment. Let's go up to our CBS News

[57:36] anchor booth and our two consultants,

[57:38] Kevin Phillips and Joe Clan. Kevin,

[57:40] first what major themes was Vice

[57:42] President Quail trying to get across and

[57:44] can he make those themes work?

[57:47] >> Well, I think it was trying to get

[57:48] across two principally. The first is the

[57:50] success that America's had in foreign

[57:52] policy, which has been a theme that's

[57:54] really started to emerge here. And then

[57:56] of course the the principal one is his

[57:58] family values and cultural war against

[58:00] the media and Hollywood elites theme.

[58:03] And what fascinates me about this is

[58:05] that it's continuing to be done. Even

[58:08] though the most fascinating aspect is

[58:10] the way as as the vice president makes

[58:13] these speeches, his poll ratings have

[58:16] actually gone down. If you look at the

[58:18] genesis of middle American politics in

[58:20] the Republican party, it's usually

[58:22] worked. But when Dan Quayle makes the

[58:24] speech, somehow it doesn't. when he

[58:26] attacked the program Murphy Brown, they

[58:29] ran a trial heat between Dan Quayle and

[58:31] Candace Bergen for president. She beat

[58:34] him. And I have the sense that in some

[58:36] respects these lines and these attacks

[58:39] are becoming a caricature. And that may

[58:41] explain the fact that he has such low

[58:43] ratings with what should be such popular

[58:45] material.

[58:47] >> Joe Klein, Pat Buchanan on Monday talked

[58:50] of what Jack Kemp and others later

[58:52] called a kind of quote religious or

[58:54] cultural war. Now, Kevin Phillips just

[58:57] used a similar phrase to describe the

[58:59] Dan Coyle attack. Where is the

[59:01] indication that this is working, that

[59:03] this is convincing people to vote for

[59:05] Bush Quail?

[59:06] >> Well, you know, Dan, I keep on thinking

[59:08] about this sign that they have on the

[59:09] wall at Clinton headquarters in Little

[59:11] Rock. It says the economy, stupid, which

[59:14] means it's the answer to every question.

[59:16] What's our message? What's the most

[59:17] important issue in this campaign? And it

[59:20] strikes me, it's very striking that

[59:22] throughout these last three nights, we

[59:24] haven't heard very much about the

[59:26] economy. And indeed, it could be said

[59:27] that the Republicans have said as much

[59:29] about the economy as the Democrats said

[59:31] about foreign policy. Um, and and the

[59:34] problem is that most voters think that

[59:36] the econ the economy is the main issue

[59:37] in this campaign. And so now going into

[59:40] George Bush's speech tonight, he's going

[59:42] to have to lay lay it out for us. lay

[59:44] out his vision of the next four years,

[59:46] lay out his feelings on the economy and

[59:48] do it with a confidence that tells us

[59:50] that he really believes it. After all,

[59:51] this is a guy who once admitted that he

[59:53] gets more of a kick out of foreign

[59:55] policy than he does out of domestic

[59:56] policy. And we have four years of

[59:59] perceived inaction on domestic policy

[60:01] for him to overcome. It's it's a big

[60:03] hurdle. Dan,

[60:04] >> well, very quickly, Kevin Phillips, the

[60:06] president is going to say that he will

[60:07] cut taxes if reelected. Should that be

[60:09] considered a bombshell, fireworks, or a

[60:12] dud? Well, I don't think it's a

[60:14] bombshell. We're not sure what it's

[60:16] going to be. He was going to cut middle

[60:18] class taxes back in the early part of

[60:20] 1992 and then walked away from it in New

[60:23] Hampshire and Pat Buchanan challenged

[60:25] him. His record on cutting taxes is now

[60:28] he promises it and and then he doesn't

[60:30] deliver it. The one thing that you can

[60:32] count on him to cut if he has a chance

[60:34] is capital gains. But that benefits the

[60:37] people at the top, the top 1%, the

[60:39] Democrats will fight that cut. And the

[60:41] question is, will George Bush actually

[60:43] cut taxes for the ordinary American,

[60:46] which is more debatable?

[60:47] >> Kevin Phillips Klein, thanks. As Senator

[60:50] Bob Doe begins to introduce President

[60:52] George Bush, we'll take a break. Be

[60:54] right back.