Word: morrision
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Morris: Harry Thomason's. It was brilliant. I liked it because if the old liberals had succeeded in co-opting our convention--which they didn't, as it turned out--then there could be a form of triangulation: the Republican Convention, the Democratic Convention, with the train ride as the...
Morris: The most significant departure was making Monday nonpolitical, featuring Christopher Reeve and Sarah Brady. Mark Penn and I pushed that. Almost everybody at the White House criticized the idea, calling it "happy talk." The President himself was quizzical. But I called him every morning on his vacation, and he...
Morris: The convention planners had decided not to have her speak. Instead, she would appear on the screen opening night doing a series of video greetings from places around town, such as her home, her school, a neighborhood candy store. I met with Hillary at the White House, and she...
Morris: He had been scheduled for Thursday, which is traditional. I came up with the idea of his speaking on Wednesday, so the day would be dominated by a major speaker and one headline. But Gore was very, very reluctant. He was suspicious he was being separated from the President...
Morris: The State of the Union last January was the most important event in the past two years in moving him up in the polls. It was my idea that giving a second such speech this year would produce an equivalent gain. The main work was getting approval for each...