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"The War Room"

Academy Award nominated documentary about the 1992 Presidential Campaign

1. Identify the leading candidates in the New Hampshire Democratic party primary in 1992?

 

 

2. How did Clinton respond to revelations by Gennifer Flowers in the Star tabloid that she had been his lover for 12 years ?

 

 

3. In his introductory "pep talk" what does James Carville say the Republicans always do to good Democratic candidates ?

 

4. What issues did Carville use to motivate his campaign workers ?

 

 

5. How did George Stephanopoulos respond to Sam Donaldson's questions about Bill Clinton’s "character problem" ?

 

 

6. Why did Clinton refer to himself as the "comeback kid" ?

 

7. What caused the "outburst" during the TV debate between Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton and Paul Tsongas ?

 

8. In what aspect does Carville respect George Bush?

 

9. What seemingly trivial issue was discussed at length in the War Room during the Democratic party convention in New York?

 

10. How did Perot react to Clinton's success in the primaries ?

 

11. How was Perot's candidacy actually helping Clinton ?

 

12. What particular issues did Bush's choose to attack Clinton ?

 

 

13. What was Clinton’s convention slogan and theme song ?

 

 

14.What is the main theme of the ad that Carville, Stephanopoulos and Grunwald discussed in a conference call?

 

15. Who is Mary Matalin? What is her relationship to James Carville?

 

16. What was Matalin's main criticism of Clinton ?

 

17. Carville was grilled about Clinton’s controversial visit to what country ?

 

18. What was Carville's complaint about the media coverage of Clinton during the campaign ?

 

19. What was the "spin" phrase that Stephanopoulos kept repeating to the press after the Bush-Clinton-Perot debate?

 

20. According to Carville what effects were Bush's attacks on Clinton having?

 

21. How did Mary matalin defend Bush's performance in the Clinton - Bush - Perot debate ?

 

22.What specific themes does Stephanopolous mention as being particularly successful?

 

23. During his emotional farewell address to the War Room team what does Carville say is the most sacred thing a person can give ?

 

24. According to Carville, what is the "winning merger" ?

 

25. How would you describe Stephanopolous' mental state at the end of the campaign ?

 

26. List or describe ten specific campaign techniques employed by the Clinton or Bush campaigns in the video ?