video of 1992 Clinton veep speculation on The McLaughlin Group

["'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"]

Judging from other things said there, the video seems to be from May '92, around the time of the LA riots. By the summer, Gore was on the shortlist obviously, along with Wofford, Kerrey, and Lee Hamilton, who was actually the consensus favorite.

Clinton winning NJ was indicative of how sweeping his victory was. That was thought to be Bush's best chance at an industrial swing state, because of the backlash against Jim Florio's tax hikes - Bradley almost lost his senate seat because of it.

Interesting to hear Chris Matthews say John Kerry won't be chosen because he's single. Getting married to Teresa Heinz didn't exactly boost his presidential chances.

["'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"]

The same could have been said about CA although the polls in CA weren't close in '92.  CA went to the GOP each time from '52 to '88 outside of the '64 landslide win by LBJ.

True, but CA had been close in '88, as well as other cycles. NJ was a 13-point win for Bush.