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Bill Clinton: Democratic Party
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Clinton's first splash on the national political stage occurred during the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. He was asked to give a 15-minute introduction of the eventual nominee, Michael Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts. Clinton turned what was supposed to be a lively 15-minute peptalk into a 32-minute drone. Turning the snafu into a joke at the 1992 convention, Clinton scored points for his self-deprecation.
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Clinton's first major foray into national politics occurred when he was enlisted to speak at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, introducing candidate Michael Dukakis. Clinton's address, scheduled to last 15 minutes, became a debacle as Clinton gave a notoriously dull speech that lasted over an hour (he joked about the length of this speech at the 1992 convention).
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Clinton was re-elected in 1996, again without a majority of the vote, and again Perot received a substantial third-party ballot. Clinton's "centrist" or "populist" political stance was agreeable, and his approval ratings had steadily increased throughout his presidency, having mainly to do with the country's economic recovery.
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