In the 1992 national elections, democratic candidate bill clinton

a. campaigned as a "new democrat" who proposed to move away from his party's traditional liberalism.

b. campaigned on a platform criticizing president bush's leadership in the persian gulf war.

c. effectively prevented third-party candidate ross perot from taking votes away from the democrats.

d. stayed away from economic issues because of the growing prosperity under president bush.

e. proved inarticulate and unable to respond to sharp republican attacks on his character and record.