[The 90’s Election Specials raw: DNC Wednesday #1]

Raw footage for The 90's election specials. 1992 Democratic National Convention, Wednesday #1 in New York. On the third day of the convention, the Governor Bill Clinton staff begin to make predictions on where the winning votes will come from. On television in their trailer they watch Jerry Brown give his speech.

00:00Copy video clip URL Footage of police and shops outside of Madison Square Garden.

01:09Copy video clip URL Footage from the Clinton trailer. Audio is from John Hart’s mic.

04:04Copy video clip URL Audio levels are very low. Interview with Brett Creighton, a young boy attending the convention. He says he is a reporter, that everyone has been really nice, and that they’ve gotten a lot of information and cool things.

06:44Copy video clip URL Hart plans with his staff in the trailer. They forecast which states might give Clinton the winning number.

15:54Copy video clip URL Hart: “It’s not the positive spin that we’re looking at at this point, I think we’re looking at avoiding the negative spin. And if we give certain people in California, and I’m mic’ed up so I can’t talk…” The staff is concerned over the timing and possible delays. Hart expresses that while other staffers need to be available when those on the floor encounter problems, he has to be the single voice barking orders.

24:52Copy video clip URL Footage from the floor as delegates cast their votes. Audio levels are very low.

27:31Copy video clip URL Anthony Corrado and other Clinton staff prepare for Brown’s speech and demonstration. They meet with whips on the floor.

38:08Copy video clip URL In the Clinton trailer, they tell supporters to be neutral as Brown supporters move forward.

45:26Copy video clip URL Hart: “The great state of Ohio must go to the bathroom.”

47:13Copy video clip URL They watch TV in the trailer as Brown gives his speech. Discussion centers around delegates and the timing of decisive vote. They calculate and work to have the winning vote come from Ohio. They use a spreadsheet of votes to make predictions.

58:48Copy video clip URL Tape ends.