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2016 Postmortem

muriel_volestrangler

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3. Bill Clinton in 1985

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 05:43 PM

Feb 2013

The crowded Democratic rebuttals were not enough to crack President Reagan’s hold on the public, though. So the party tried something radical in 1985. For the first time, someone not in Congress was part of the response: Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. But Clinton was barely seen on camera. Instead, it was his job in a slick production to talk about a Democratic focus group and to introduce the Democratic leaders of Congress.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/marco-rubio-s-state-of-the-union-rebuttal-may-be-a-tall-order-20130212

And G.H.W Bush was one of the many in 1968: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_response.php

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Name a President (elected -Ford doesn't count) that gave SOTU opposition response. [View all] LiberalFighter Feb 2013 OP

I think you linked to the wrong thing Scootaloo Feb 2013 #1

Thanks for the alert. Corrected link. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #2

Bill Clinton in 1985 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #3

Since Clinton did not give a response should he be included? LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #4

Poppy Bush, as part of a group, in 1968. N/T BlueStater Feb 2013 #5

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