How Dole Could Have Used The Issues To His Advantage

How Dole Could Have Used The Issues To His Advantage

In a more or less conservative country, the more or less conservative
candidate, Bob Dole, should have been a lock for the presidency; the only
problem was President Clinton. Clinton had moved rightward positioning himself
between Newt Gingrich's zealous revolutionaries on the right and liberal
democratic barons on the left. Clinton's speeches started sounding like a
Republican was giving them. Bob Dole had followed the Nixon ideology of going
"starboard" in the primaries and coming back to the center in the general
election. The only question was whether Dole had gone too far right and would
not be able to recover in time. With Clinton's move to the right and his
advantage of incumbency, Bob Dole would have to present some exciting new ideas
to win over the American people.
Throughout the history of presidential elections, there have been a few
issues that always appear: abortion, crime and the economy. The position taken
by candidates on these issues could make or break their campaign.
The first of these issues, abortion, has been a hotbed of controversy. The
pro-life versus the pro-choice groups. Throughout his political career,
President Clinton has been adamant on supporting a women's right to choose.
Clinton stands firm on the fact that abortions should be "safe, legal and rare"
without many unnecessary restrictions. To further show his hard stance on
abortion, Clinton vetoed a bill in April...

How Dole Could Have Used The Issues To His Advantage

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