The Online Newshour looks back at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, when violence overshadowed politics and the city became a microcosm of national fractiousness spawned by the Vietnam War. The healthcare debate dominated the first two years of the Clinton administration. Already at their 1992 convention in New York, healthcare was a devisive issue for the Democrates. The Online Newshour talks with historian Michael Beschloss about the history of the convention process The MacNeil/Lehrer Report Profiles Senator Bob Dole, who has just announced his candidacy for President (June 4, 1979) The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour talks to Republican strategist Lee Atwater about Ronald Reagan, the Rose Garden Strategy and the Republican Party
The Online Newshour looks back at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, when violence overshadowed politics and the city became a microcosm of national fractiousness spawned by the Vietnam War.
The healthcare debate dominated the first two years of the Clinton administration. Already at their 1992 convention in New York, healthcare was a devisive issue for the Democrates.
The Online Newshour talks with historian Michael Beschloss about the history of the convention process
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report Profiles Senator Bob Dole, who has just announced his candidacy for President (June 4, 1979)
The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour talks to Republican strategist Lee Atwater about Ronald Reagan, the Rose Garden Strategy and the Republican Party
