I agree with Beccy. Newt Gingrich would have been a worthy opponent for Bill Clinton. They both are good public speakers and present their party's views clearly. Bob Dole is a good man but no match for Bill Clinton when it comes to debate. It would not surprise me that CBS might have put this match together because they knew Clinton, who represent their POV, would cream the former senator from Kansas. In an informal setting, as Spaw pointed out, Dole would have done much better.

DougR