revolution. he was elected president in 2000. remember throughout october of 2000, bush was leading al gore to the polls. to the extent there was conversation about this, bush will win the popular vote and may have a problem with the electoral vote. the weekend before the election, al gore passed george w. bush and won the popular vote on election day. we know what happened in florida. maybe it affected it and didn't, but it was a huge thing that came out of the blue. >> he'd been open about his past doing that, and this was a new person we were getting. >> it also reinforced -- the big thing about bush was is he mature to be president. it reinforced it. think of 1992, iran-contra haunted george h.w. bush. he said he wasn't in the loop and there were lots of doubts. a week before the election he's trying to catch up to bill clinton. to the extent bush had any late momentum, it was zapped right there. think of reagan in 1984.