>> we thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. >> he challenged head-on ronald reagan's notion of a shining city on a little instead calling america a tale of two cities. >> we must get the american public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things and we'll do it not so much with speeches that sound good. as with speeches that are good and sound. >> it cemented him as one of his generation's greatest orators, a defender of the have-notes and little guys. it made him the choice of many democratic leaders to run for president. >> he said will you think about it? i said i have been thinking about it. >> but are you going to think about it any more? >> he was considered a favorite for the democratic nomination in both 1988 and 1992. but in both cases, he demurred his seeming inability to decide on higher office frustrated democratic party faithful and