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his main rival for the nomination that year? if it wasn't going to be papi bush? it would be senator bob dole, right? he came in second in the republican primary that year. so here is your pop quiz. 1988 republican presidential primary. who won hawaii and alaska? was it papi bush? [ buzzer ] >> it was bob dole. [ buzzer ] >> neither of them. in alaska and hawaii and nevada and washington state, in the republican nominating contest in 1988, neither papi bush nor bob dole one, it was pat robertson, he carried those four states in 1988. in iowa he beat papi bush but came in second, he h...

nomination of the republican party. his main rival for the nomination that year? if it wasn't going to be papi bush? it would be senator bob dole, right? he came in second in the republican primary that year. so here is your pop quiz. 1988 republican presidential primary. who won hawaii and alaska? was it papi bush? [ buzzer ] >> it was bob dole. [ buzzer ] >> neither of them. in alaska and hawaii and nevada and washington state, in the republican nominating contest in 1988, neither papi bush nor bob dole one, it was pat robertson, he carried those four states in 1988. in iowa he bea...

host: in his 45 minutes of "washington journal," we will look at the results of those primaries. as far as grass-roots candidates facing all against establishment candidates, we want to see how they fare in your eyes. if you are a republican, for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. if you want to weigh in on last month results, looking at the candidates involved, seeing the women's overall. you can do so off of journal that -- you can send us a twitter at journal@c-span.org -- an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. meek defeated greene in...

And he made it to every one of the 50 united states. george w. bush's father before bill clinton also made it to all 50 states. although there's a little bit of an historical dispute about that. looking at the record i think he did make all 50, and incidentally i think he like his son left vermont for last, i think vermont was the last state that papi bush made it to when he was president. when his son, president george w. bush, when he left vermont for last, he ultimately left it for too long because by the time george w. bush was at the end of his second term as president, and he was facing ...

He beat papi bush, beat him easily. he was then wildly pop aural yz most presidents are right after they're elected. by the very next election, after the '92 one, by the very next election, by the midterm election in 1994, the pendulum had swung way back in the other direction. the republicans won a landslide in the first election of the bill clinton presidency. they took control of the house from the democrats, newt gingrich became the speaker of the house. the house swung 54 seats to the republicans. 54 seats they picked up. we have showed this before, but this cover from "time" magazine in ...