My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

You Break Everybody's Back: The 1988 Presidential Election, Part 3 - Attack Videotape

01.15.2024 - By Bruce CarlsonPlay

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In the wake of a front-runner's withdrawal, the campaigns struggle to get traction and block rival campaigns. The best weapon. An attack videotape. A story of three attack videotapes. One sent to a reporter which took out a major player in the campaign. Another in the snows of New Hampshire that saved a candidate, and a third that kept a campaign alive. Also a video that was never sent that should have been sent.

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