the different lines it showed me how united as a country we are. >> watch book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> road to the white house rewind continues our look at the 1992 presidential race. next, campaign ads that aired in new hampshire just ahead of the first in the nation primary. candidates include republicans george h.w. bush and president buchanan and democrats bill clinton, jerry brown, bob kerry and tom harkin. president bush won in new hampshire on the way to securing the gop nomination. on the democratic side, paul songas came in first ahead of bill clinton who went on to become the party's nominee. in the general election, mr. clin defeated president bush and independent candidate ross perot to win the presidency. this is just under ten minutes. >> when president bush led

america to victory in desert storm and the cold war, some opposed him. now the president has a plan to cut spending and create jobs. but the democrats in congress oppose him again. >> i ask the american people to let you know they want this action by march 20. >> i have never seen it so bad where people have to lose their homes. people don't have jobs. >> i have seen the pain in people's eyes. from those who own struggling businesses to those who work in them. this state has gone through hell, gone through an exorderly difficult time. i'm termed to turn this state around.

. >> i will demand a two-year moratorium on federal regulations. i will fight for america to make sure foreign aid is spent right here. fourth in trade, america doesn't just want a level playing field. we will play to win. fifth, as president, i will use the line item veto to stop wasteful spending. sixth, i will personally go from state to state to get term limits placed on every member of congress. finally, i will cut taxes and create a new middle class re lugs for america. together, we will say goodbye to yesterday and build a new tomorrow.

>> despite a recession, as governor, brown created jobs. without raising taxes, he found the money for better health care and tripled state aid to education, he's jerry brown, former governor of california. the one the political establishment fears most. find out why, see fake back america, a revealing tv special. >> paid for by brown for president. >> i got into politics to change people's lives for the better. for 11 years that's what i've worked to do. for health care, to solve social problems, bring people together. that's what we want to do in america today restore the middle class, reduce poverty i've got to find national economic strategy, a plan is still a piece of paper, to change lives you need vision, leadership and action. that's the work of my life and that's why i'm running for president. >> this is the story of a young man born in hope, arkansas, the

son of a widow who taught him anything was possible. this is the real story of bill clinton, he worked his way through georgetown and yale law school. set out to make a difference for others. against all odds made progress. first he tackled the schools, standards, accountability, smaller class sizes and now the highest graduation rate in the wreathen. built the economy. one of the highest growth rates of any state in the nation. it isn't a miracle, it's just a progress and a bit of hope. >> that's what this election is about. and it's about your future, i want you to send a message to this country about what kind of country we're going to have, about what kind of future you want. about what kind of leadership you believe in, and about how we can win again. >> this is the time, new hampshire is the place, this is our country. let's take it back. paid for by clinton for president. he's the son of a coal

miner, college on a rotc scholarship, senator from iowa, husband and father of two, author of the americans with disabilities act. leader in the fight to transfer pentagon billions to education and medical research. the only candidate with a plan to take back the tax breaks wasted on the rich, tom harkin president. in grade school, sister rose angela taught me you can't be all things to all people. these other candidates say they're for the middle class, yet they all want tax breaks for the wealthy. they can't have it both ways. i'm the only one who had the guts to send bush's plan to send your jobs to low wage countries. i'm on the side of working families. always have been and always will be. if we're true to our values, we can whip george bush and turn this country around. i ask for your help to do that. paid for by americans for

harkin. in a firefight in vietnam, his bravery won him the medal of honor. home in america, a system of health care for veterans saved his life and taught him to walk again. that's why he's fighting so hard for national health insurance, to bob kerry, health care is more than a political issue. >> there are americans out there who need us now. and we ought to pass national health insurance and guarantees health care to every single american as a right. >> courage for a change, paid for by kerrey for president much. he came to the senate to fight for health care. now his bill is the best hope for national health insurance, bob kerrey never walked away from a fight. he volunteered for vietnam, was a navy s.e.a.l. and while leaving a commando raid, an enemy gra nad cost him his leg. his bravery won him the medal of honor. in the hospital, he learned to walk again. home in nebraska he ran a marathon. hoe built a business that employs 900 people.

for him, politics is a cause not a career, an outsider who defeated an incumbent governor. he wiped out a deficit, helped his state through a farm depression, den refused to run for a second term despite popularity. now in a time of crisis, his cause is fundamental change. national health insurance. get tough with japan on trade. a tax cut for the middle class, a national industrial policy to fight for american jobs. fight back america. paid for by kerrey for president. alone he took on the president they said was unbeatable and sounded the economic alarm. he doesn't offer gimmicks, just straight tough answers. on day one, he'll declare an economic emergency, halt unfair bank foreclosures, make business invest in jobs and quality and create a strong recovery that lasts. now, he's no longer lonely. paul tsongas, he'll take charge from the start. paid for by the tsongas committee.

some candidates want to give you a tax cut of 97 cents a day, will that create jobs? one candidate knows it's gimmicks and bigger deficits that got us into this mess. paul tsongas offers straight answers. he'll declare an economic emergency immediately to get america moving. rebuild industry and make our workers the most skilled and productive in the world. paul tsongas won't short change our future. he'll lead america back, paid for by the tsongas committee. >> we'll hear from general mackwell taylor's opening statement, followed by committee member questions. >> our purpose is equally clear and easily defined. in his bawl speech of april 7, 1965, president johnson did so

in the following terrible -- our objective is the independence of south vietnam and freedom from attack. we want nothing for ourselves, only that the people of south vietnam be allowed to guide their own country in their own way. this has been our basic objective since 1954. it has been pursued by three successive administrations and remains our basic objective today. >> and next saturday, secretary of state dean rusk gives his testimony depending johnson's vietnam policies. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to cspan.org. >> each week until the 2016 presidential election, american history bf brings you coverage of past presidential races. next on road to the white house rewind, we look back to the 1996 campaign of republican lamar alexander. we follow the former tennessee governor on the second day of what he called his walk across

new hampshire. as he traveled on foot between towns and greeted voters. mr. alexander finished third in the state's primary with television commentator pat buchanan winning the contest. kansas senator bob dole received the republican presidential nomination. before we join mr. alexander on his walk, a look at his first political ad in new hampshire. >> the experts said he would never win. then he walked 1,000 miles across a state, bringing people together and became the governor who cleaned up corruption in tennessee. lamar alexander, a record from outside washington. a conservative governor who balanced eight budgets, kept taxes the fifth lowest of any state, reformed education, bro ugt in the auto industry and later helped found a new business that now has 1,200 employees. lamar alexander, governor, businessman, education secretary. a republican running for president froth