[... I wonder if the Internet and Talk Radio had been as powerful in 1992 as they are now, if Bill would of won...]
Talk Radio was powerful in 1992.
Consider that Dr. James Dobson persuaded the religious right NOT to
vote for Bush 41 because he wasn’t “born again enough”. Though decidedly
pro abortion, many Christians voted FOR Perrot. The rest is history.
Rope a dope indeed.
And Rush had not risen to the height he reached since. I am not sure of the exact numbers but Rush was only on about 300-400 stations in 1992.
In 1992 there were no Rush clones like Hannity, Savage, Ingrham, Reagan, Hewitt, Medivden, O'Reily, Beck etc etc etc. The Conservative message in Rush's 3 hours are now picked up and magnified by hundreds of echo chambers around the country now. In 1992 very little in the way of local political talk shows out side TV. Now there are thousands of stations that do political talk. In 1992 It was all Rush alone for only 3 hours a day in 1992.
No Fox News in 1992.
What became the Internet was a neat toy a bunch of techie geeks like me were playing with in 1992.
Both Perot and Clinton got away with it because there was no alternative media on them 24-7. In 1996 an improving economy, a tame "News media" and a weak Republican candidate keep Clinton in office. This is the 1st time the Clintons have had to fight a serious campaign under the glare of the Alternative media.
And thanks to 8 years of Bill we are much better prepared for their sleazy tricks this time.