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- Nov. 02, 1992: From the Publisher
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Nov. 02, 1992 Bill Clinton's Long March
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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- <p> The story of Bill Clinton's long march from the Governor's
- mansion to within striking distance of the Oval Office is a
- narrative with many threads. It is not solely about Clinton's
- triumphs and falterings, strategies and dumb luck. To grasp
- fully this remarkable odyssey requires an understanding of how
- the successes and failures of political opponents both impeded
- and abetted Clinton's journey. In short, it is a story
- tailor-made for TIME magazine.
- </p>
- <p> From the start of the campaign season, chief political
- correspondent Michael Kramer has monitored the ebb and flow of
- the entire process. Senior writer Walter Shapiro, Washington
- deputy bureau chief Margaret Carlson and contributor Laurence
- Barrett also roamed widely, exploring the different candidacies.
- As the Democratic race heated up, various bureau chiefs were
- enlisted: Jordan Bonfante zeroed in on Jerry Brown's campaign,
- Jon Hull tracked Bob Kerrey, and Sam Allis followed Paul
- Tsongas, while Michael Riley scrutinized Clinton's Arkansas
- record. In Washington, correspondent Nancy Traver kept tabs on
- Tom Harkin.
- </p>
- <p> At the Democratic Convention in July, Shapiro joined
- forces with associate editor Priscilla Painton to cover the
- final months of Clinton's quest. Correspondent Elizabeth Taylor
- took up the Al Gore watch, while Richard Woodbury followed Ross
- Perot's on-again-off-again crusade. Through it all, White House
- correspondents Michael Duffy and Dan Goodgame monitored the
- Bush-Quayle campaign. And P.F. Bentley continued his exclusive
- photographic coverage of the Governor. The result is more than
- just Clinton's story. "You have to understand all those
- campaigns to write insightfully about why Clinton has been so
- successful," says senior editor Joelle Attinger, who helped
- coordinate and deploy the troops.
- </p>
- <p> Managing editor Henry Muller used this space last week to
- tell you about our objections to a Bush-Quayle television
- commercial that centered on our April 20, 1992, cover showing
- a negative photographic image of Bill Clinton. The use of that
- cover was not authorized by TIME, nor did we sanction the
- commercial's implicit message that we were taking sides in the
- election. We asked the Bush-Quayle campaign to withdraw the ad,
- and when they refused, we filed suit. Last week, in a hearing
- before a federal judge in Washington, lawyers for the
- Bush-Quayle campaign said the commercial had been withdrawn as
- of Oct. 21 and would not be used again.
- </p>
- <p> Elizabeth P. Valk
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