This candidate Clinton did a lot more talking than listening.

Candidate Clinton said a few of the right things, briefly.

Candidate Clinton promised to "raise taxes on the people who did well in the 1980's."

It is easy enough to see why candidate Clinton opted for a tax on energy consumption.

But candidate Clinton neither sought nor received a mandate for national security policy.

When candidate Clinton promised to get this country moving, most Americans thought he meant forward.

Candidate Clinton, recalls Tyson, said he would be happy to.

Candidate Clinton's stress on the need to prepare to compete in the global economy and the importance of welfare reform served him well.

"Candidate Clinton promised middle-income Americans a tax cut," he said.

Why, candidate Clinton asked, should taxpayers subsidize those multimillion-dollar corporate salaries?