Alcala Yearbook 1992-1993

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Presidential Politics- PresidentGeorge Bush and his running mate, Dan Quayle, were the incumbents. The chal– lengers wereArkansas Gov. Bill Clinton with Tennessee Sen. Al Gore as his running mate. Then there was Ross Perot, the on-again, off-again indepen– dent candidate. Some called this bil– lionaire businessman from Texas a spoiler; some called him a savior.

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George Bush kept Dan Quayle as his running mate in 1992. The two arrived at the GOP convention in Houston, and left as the underdogs to the Clinton/Gore ticket.

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Bill Clinton stepped into the na– tional spotlight and won the nomi– nation at the Democratic Conven– tion. Clinton, a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and a graduate of Yale Law School, was governor of Arkansas when he de– cided to enter the national race. As his runningmate, he chose Al Gore, who was elected to the House of Representatives at the age of 28. He was elected to the Senate in 1984.

The wives of theDemocratic candidate , Hilary Clinton and Tipper Gore, were very active in the campaign-Mrs.. Clinton, a tough-minded lawyer, and Tipper Gore, a crusader for warning labels on albums with explicit lyrics. On the Republican side is First Lady Barbara Bush, who has been standing by her husband since they were mar– ried in 1945. Marilyn Quayle is the quintessential suburban mother in– volvedinPTA, Little League and school plays.

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