reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. time for this rat pack to pack it in. thanks very much for joining me this evening. i m jim acosta. we ll be back tomorrow night. good night. your way round the hill. and now the party bosses want a meeting. they have a proposition. they want you to take a shot at the white house. not eventually, but now. - think about it, will you? narrator: well, first you ll have to get past her, the senator with decades of experience and friends in high places, already at home in the oval office. and then you ll have to get past him, a senator and bona fide war hero backed b by a mean polititical machinine. [crowd chanting indistinctly] let s say you are ready. here s the real question. is america? [dramatic music] only one way to find out. [tense music] america, president george w. bush s second term. [chatter] at war in iraq and afghanistan, teetering on the brink of a global economic crash, disillusioned, divided, and despera
yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! [womoman] demococratic presidenential candidate bill clinton is denying allegations he carried on an extramarital affair with a former nightclub singer. you re under attack, labeled a draft dodger, a womanizer. somebody offered her a lot of money and.and she took it. your presidential campaign is collapsing, dreams of the white house receding. who can you trust? your friends? family? strategists? when you re on the edge of the political abyss. not a good night! .how do you fight back? [bush] i am pleased to announce that at midnight tonight all united states and coalition forces will suspend offensive combat operations. this war is now behind us. [crowds cheer] american forces arrive home, victorious from the gulf war, after evicting saddam hussein from kuwait. george h. w. bush is now the most popular president in modern history. [buchanan] i looked down on constitution avenue when the army of desert storm marched up