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==[[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 election]]==

==[[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 election]]==

[[Image:2.jpg|right|thumb|Dole and Clinton in the first debate.]]

[[Image:2.jpg|left|thumb|Dole and Clinton in the first debate.]]

The 1996 election had Senator [[Bob Dole]] running against President [[Bill Clinton]].  Independent candidate, H.Ross Perot, also chose to run again, but was excluded from the debates.  Two debates took place for the Presidential candidates, Clinton and Dole, and one for the Vice-Presidential candidates, [[Al Gore]] and [[Jack Kemp]].  Dole had previously earned the nickname 'hatchet man' and concerns about his age were a campaign issue, but he prepared better and avoided looking mean or old.  But Clinton did generally better in the debates.  He was able to make the statement:

The 1996 election had Senator [[Bob Dole]] running against President [[Bill Clinton]].  Independent candidate, H.Ross Perot, also chose to run again, but was excluded from the debates.  Two debates took place for the Presidential candidates, Clinton and Dole, and one for the Vice-Presidential candidates, [[Al Gore]] and [[Jack Kemp]].  Dole had previously earned the nickname 'hatchet man' and concerns about his age were a campaign issue, but he prepared better and avoided looking mean or old.  But Clinton did generally better in the debates.  He was able to make the statement:

{{Cquote|I can only tell you that I don't think Senator Dole is too old to be president. It's the age of his ideas that I question.}}

{{Cquote|I can only tell you that I don't think Senator Dole is too old to be president. It's the age of his ideas that I question.}}