An Instructive Timeline

[HFishbine]

1992

Nov. 3, 1992 - Mr. Clinton wins presidential election.

July 16, 1992 - Mr. Clinton accepts nomination at Democratic National Covention.

March 16, 1992 - While campaigning, Hillary Rodham Clinton is asked about profits from the Rose law firm where she worked.

Feb. 18, 1992 - Mr. Clinton finishes second in the New Hampshire primary. He calls himself "The Comeback Kid."

Feb. 6, 1992 Story erupts that Mr. Clinton used the system to avoid being drafted during the Vietnam war.

Jan. 24, 1992 - Flowers holds press conference stating she had a relationship with Mr. Clinton for 12 years. Excerpts from tape-recorded telephone conversations between the two are released.

Jan. 23, 1992 - The Clintons appear on CBS News' 60 Minutes. Mr. Clinton tells correspondent Steve Kroft that he has "caused pain" in his marriage.

Jan. 23, 1992 - Star tabloid issues story claiming Gennifer Flowers and Mr. Clinton had an "intimate" relationship.

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For those who remember, Clinton was still a media darling through all this. The question now is, which is the greater challenge, revelations of an extramarital affair covered by a supine press, or a rebel yell covered by a rabid press?

[JI7]

1. he was not a media darling

his candidacy was declared dead by the media whores that's why even though he didn't win new hampshire and came in second, they played it up as a victory. and i also think dean still has a chance. i certainly wont write him off.