25 years ago many people thought Bill Bradley was going to be our next president.
Not only had he served 20 years in the United States Senate, representing New Jersey, but he’s also in the Basketball Hall of Fame after a 10-year career with the New York Knicks.
Bill Bradley is also an Olympic gold medalist, a Rhodes Scholar, and a military veteran.
What he did not have, however, was the backing of the powerful Democratic establishment. That belonged to Al Gore.
Bradley gave Gore a pretty good run for his money. But after defeats in Iowa, New Hampshire, and on Super Tuesday, Bradley bowed out.
It was later that year, as the Bush-Gore battle was at its peak, that Bradley published a book, called The Journey From Here. He and I met to talk about his book, just hours before the first presidential debate of the 2000 campaign.
So here now, from 2000, Bill Bradley.
Bill Bradley is 82 now. He hosts a weekly show on Sirius satellite radio.