BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
We begin our third season on Bob Dole's life and career, by traveling back in time to his April 1995 Presidential Campaign Announcement. At that point the Republican Party was on the rise everywhere and Bill Clinton appeared to be a sitting duck. Then a series of events would occur between April and December of 1995 that would resurrect Clinton's Presidency and put him 20 points ahead of any potential rival, including Bob Dole. That margin would stay frozen in place throughout 1996. This is that story.
In our third of four seasons, we will look back at Bob Dole's 1995 as he takes off into the Presidential campaign, while also trying to manage Congress. A Congress full of unruly new Republican firebrands in the House under their revolutionary Speaker Newt Gingrich. We will listen as that struggle between the Republican Establishment, the new House Republicans under Gingrich, and the Liberal Democrats in Congress, all converge into a battle for power, all of which allows Bill Clinton to perform one of the most dramatic political comebacks in all of American History.
We invite you to come along with us on a wild ride through the high points and low moments of modern American History, in an effort to show the citizens of today that we are an amazing and resilient nation.
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Season 1 : Bridging the Political Gap episodes 1 -11 --- Season 2 : Lessons in Leadership : --- The GIANTS of the Senate and Joe Biden episodes 14 - 16 ---- World War 2 Episodes 17 - 20 --- General MacArthur You're Fired Episodes 21 - 23 ---- A Celebration of the life of George Shultz episodes 26 - 28 ---- November 1963 : The end of the Age of Innocence episode 29 --- Season 3 ----The Johnson Treatment episodes 32 - 39 ---- Upheaval 1968 episodes 40 - 50 ---- Season 4: Richard Nixon 1968 -1971 The Man Who Saved the Union episodes 51 -67 ----- Season 5 Richard Nixon 1972 The Foundation of Peace episodes 71 - 96 -----1973 Ten Days in January 97 - 100 -- Season 6 Richard Nixon 1973 : Enemies at the Gate 101 - 125 ---- Season 7 Richard Nixon 1974 Through the Fire 126 - 147 ---- Season 8 Richard Nixon 1974 - 1994 The Fall and the Re-Rise of Richard Nixon. 148 - 174 plus bonus materials --- Season 9 Gerald Ford Beyond Watergate 175 -190 -- Season 10 John Jenrette. & Jimmy Carter too 191 - 224 -- Season 11 George H.W. Bush : The Leadership Lessons 225 - 250 --- Season 12: Mayor Hirsch 253 - 259, George H.W. Bush : The Sweep of History 260 - 285, Season 13 George H.W. Bush The Gulf War, The Coup, Clarence Thomas & the Cold War's End 286 - 318, Season 14 George H. W. Bush 1992 The Changing of the Guard 319 - 363 Season 15 Bob Dole 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing 364 - 402, Special Season 16 The Great American Authors 403 - 419 , Season Seventeen Bob Dole The Life that Brought him there 420 - 458, Season Eighteen Bob Dole 1995 Clinton's Comeback 459 -
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Episodes
722 episodes
Episode 471 The Fall of Bob Packwood (Part 5) 24 Hours (B) News in anticipation Dole 12
With his back against the wall Senator Bob Packwood vowed to fight on. Here is the coverage of that 24 hours when all of Washington held its collective breath while Bob Packwood tried to find a way to defend himself from the overwhelming vote f...
POLITICALLY SPEAKING 2026 with Randal Wallace - LINDSEY GRAHAM: A Life Well Lived
Our first column of our new publication on Substack.
POLITICALLY SPEAKING (History Collection) with Randal Wallace - College Republicans Meet Dole (At Grand opening of Dole South Carolina Headquarters Grand Opening , see special Event)
Introduction to the RANDAL WALLACE JOURNAL on Substack
An introduction to a new feature for our podcast and publication on Substack. Please come over to Substack and The Randal Wallace Journal and join our email list for future updates on the journal, the podcasts and the...
Episode 470 The Fall of Bob Packwood (part 4) 24 Hours ( A ) Dueling Press Conferences Dole 11
No one saw it coming. There had been no public hearings, the story had died down, the Ethics Committee had been predicted to censure Senator Packwood, and most likely strip him of his Chairmanship of the powerful Senate Budget Committee. <...
The Randal Wallace Journal and the return of our column Politically Speaking , both the History Collection and our contemporary new column from Substack
In this special short episode, we are introducing our new publication on Substack and new short feature for the show. The Randal Wallace Journal is a new publication on Substack and we invite you over to sign up and get on our email...
Episode 469 The Fall of Bob Packwood (Part 3) Thirty Three Months.... An interview with Senator Packwood by Barbara Walters Dole 10
In this epsode we will listen tot he one full length interview Bob Packwood gave reporter Barbara Walters about midway through the ordeal that would consume thirty-three months in total before it toppled his career. It is an in-dept...
Episode 468 The Fall of Bob Packwood (Part 2) The Scandal Begins....(Special Series) Dole 9
In this episode we examine the scandal that would eventually lead to Senator Bob Packwood's fall from grace. We will hear from the women involved in their long form "60 Minutes" Interview, where 10 of the accusers sat down with Morl...
Politically Speaking with Randal Wallace : Lindsey Graham Visits Greenwood and Endorsement 1995 and 1996
This is a new feature that will actually be introduced later in the season when it fits more perfectly in our timeline with the Bob Packwood Special Series. But these two stories were discovered when we were doing the research to reintroduce th...
Episode 466 The Fall of BOB PACKWOOD (Part 1) Who Was Senator Bob Packwood ? (Special Series) Dole 8
The Fall of Bob Packwood Preview (Special Series)
In this preview we look back at arguably the biggest game changer of 1995 for Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. It was the loss of his chief Lieutenant in the United States Senate, Bob Packwood. Dole and Packwood were friends, and both ...
Episode 465 BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback (Part 7) The Grand Opening of the South Carolina Headquarters of the Bob Dole for President Campaign (3rd Special Event)
Episode 464 BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback (Part 6) The Clinton-Gingrich Town Hall from New Hampshire
LINDSEY GRAHAM Our Senator A Tribute Part 5 A South Carolina Original
LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 5: A South Carolina OriginalOur five-part documentary tribute concludes with a look back at the remarkable public life and enduring legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the most co...
LINDSEY GRAHAM Our Senator A Tribute Part 4 Senate and House Tributes
LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 4: Senate and House TributesThe tributes to Senator Lindsey Graham continued as members of both the United States Senate and the South Carolina congressional delegation reflected on th...
Happy 103rd Birthday BOB DOLE!!! The Bob Dole Preview Collection (Special Edition)
To celebrate Bob Dole’s 103rd birthday we have assembled all the previews for our special series on his life and career. The Bob Dole Preview Collection featuring the bonus preview on the special series The Fall of Bob Packwood too...
LINDSEY GRAHAM Our Senator A Tribute Part 3 The Senators Tributes
LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 3: The Senate's TributesAs the United States Senate gathered to honor one of its longest-serving and most respected members, colleagues from both political parties rose to remember the...
LINDSEY GRAHAM OUR SENATOR - A Tribute Part 2: Shocked and Saddened
LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Tribute, Part 2: Shocked and SaddenedThe shock of Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden passing continued to reverberate across South Carolina and the nation as friends, colleagues, political allies, and ...
LINDSEY GRAHAM WEEK , and other changes to our schedule, A Housekeeping show
This is a housekeeping episode produced to update everyone on the significant changes to our Network wide schedule for July and part of August due to the death of Senator Lindsey Graham. They include: The epi...
LINDSEY GRAHAM OUR SENATOR - A Tribute Part 1: A Week of History
LINDSEY GRAHAM: OUR SENATOR – A Week of History, A Tribute (Part 1)In one of the most extraordinary weeks in modern South Carolina political history, we look back at the remarkable events that unfolded from Senator Lindsey Graham'...
Episode 463 BOB DOLE 1995 Clintons Comeback (Part 5) The Oklahoma City Bombing B. Clintons Addresses through the years in Oklahoma
Episode 462 BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback (Part 4) The Oklahoma City Bombing Part A April 19, 1995
LINDSEY GRAHAM 1955 - 2026 A Tribute
Senator Lindsey Graham has died at age 71. He has been a good friend to me for my entire political career . I cannot say enough good things about him as a human being and as a United States Senator. Here is our look at his career. T...
Episode 461 BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback (Part 3) The First Days on the Trail
Episode 460 BOB DOLE 1995 Clinton's Comeback (Part 2) The Bob Dole for President Introductory Film (Special Edition)
In this special episode, we will listen to the audio of a special short film. It is the campaign introductory video for Bob Dole in 1996. Of all the campaign videos I have saved and seen in over 40 plus years around politics, this is my favorit...