[The 90’s Election Specials raw: Clinton campaign headquarters in Little Rock #3]

Raw footage for The 90's election specials. Videomaker Skip Blumberg spends time at Clinton Campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. He interviews various campaign workers; each time marveling at the youth of the majority of campaign workers.

00:00Copy video clip URL Stephanie Solien, Political Director of Clinton campaign, is interviewed in her office. She explains her role as political director, saying that she is responsible for coordinating the agendas of various constituencies within the Democratic Party. She thinks the American people want to invest in economic development, and are not truly selfish. “Bill Clinton will breathe a new energy into Washington.”

13:35Copy video clip URL Eli Segal, Chief of Staff of the Clinton campaign, is briefly interviewed. He discusses the campaign staff. Segal is “proud” of the diversity of the employees, and the unity that Clinton has evoked in his campaign workers.

18:09Copy video clip URL The Director of e-mail for the Clinton Campaign, Jack Gill, is interviewed. He discusses how the campaign uses e-mail, which was then a new and novel technology.

24:06Copy video clip URL Bob Boorstin, Deputy Communications Director for Policy, is interviewed. He says that the campaign is “selling hope” to the public. When the subject of honest politicians comes up, Boorstin says that George H.W. Bush is dishonest by a “combination of ignorance and ambition.” He goes on to say that politics is not conducive to honesty.

30:52Copy video clip URL End of tape.