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and many biographies about a dozen other individuals who make hubert humphrey, hubert humphrey. let me say congratulations, sam. i will ask you the basic question, how do you come to write the story? >> i would be happy to answer that question. first, i want to indulge in two pleasures and one sacred obligation. one, be in a store like this. i've been in politics and prose for three of my other books over the years. one thing i know independent stores like this are lifeblood for writers like me. even if you do not buy my book, bite julia's or someone else's. all authors need this sort of forage. i was given a wish list by politics and prose by brad and his team of whom i would like to have a conversation partner. without a doubt, i wanted it to be julia. amazing work about lady bird johnson. respect lee titled, in plain sight and hiding in plain sight. the book is extraordinary. re the podcast, i have listened to twice. they have completely blow me away and make you revisit this figure. if you thought lady bird johnson was about planting bluebells on the exit ramp, you are in fo
and many biographies about a dozen other individuals who make hubert humphrey, hubert humphrey. let me say congratulations, sam. i will ask you the basic question, how do you come to write the story? >> i would be happy to answer that question. first, i want to indulge in two pleasures and one sacred obligation. one, be in a store like this. i've been in politics and prose for three of my other books over the years. one thing i know independent stores like this are lifeblood for writers...
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hubert humphrey. so with that, let me let me say congratulations, sam. and i will ask you the basic question, which is how did you come to write this story? i'd be happy to that question. but first, i want to, in two pleasures and one kind of sacred obligation pleasure. number one is to be at a store like this. i've been at books and books think for three of my i've been in politics prose for three of my other books over the years and one thing i know is that independent stores like this are lifeblood for writers like me. and i truly. so even if you don't buy my book tonight by julius or by somebody else's, because all writers like us need these to flourish. the second pleasure is to be here with. julia sweig. i was given a wish list by politics and prose by brad and his team here, whom i like to have a conversation partner and without a doubt i wanted it to be julia. i only knew her at that point from. her amazing work about lady bird johnson, respectfully titled in plain sight and hiding in plain si
hubert humphrey. so with that, let me let me say congratulations, sam. and i will ask you the basic question, which is how did you come to write this story? i'd be happy to that question. but first, i want to, in two pleasures and one kind of sacred obligation pleasure. number one is to be at a store like this. i've been at books and books think for three of my i've been in politics prose for three of my other books over the years and one thing i know is that independent stores like this are...
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humphrey, who then, went on to lose because that's what happens after violent conventions like that. the democratic convention in chicago is in chicago guns this year, and as it happens the magic number of delegates for winning the presidential nomination is 1960. 1968. there are going to be protesters, there always are. usually they are nonviolent, this year there will definitely be protesters supporting israel, and there will definitely be protesters supporting palestinians. the television cameras will be trained on those protesters more than on delegates. the longer the convention goes on, trying to find a nominee, the messier it could get in chicago. the modern orderly convention that our television shows produced by the parties last for days, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, thursday night in primetime is the triumphant speech by the nominee, but at a contested convention we have no idea what thursday night might bring. politically, throwing the nomination open in a contested convention is a step into the unknown. one thoughtful essay that has worked through this scenario s
humphrey, who then, went on to lose because that's what happens after violent conventions like that. the democratic convention in chicago is in chicago guns this year, and as it happens the magic number of delegates for winning the presidential nomination is 1960. 1968. there are going to be protesters, there always are. usually they are nonviolent, this year there will definitely be protesters supporting israel, and there will definitely be protesters supporting palestinians. the television...
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humphrey's stealing the nomination. enough primaries that mccarthy voters angrily then -- 1% about that is why everett since 1968 the democratic party has always been trying to decide the smoothest most predictable lys dramatic conventions turned the conventions into what has usually been television shows. because the last time -- there was blood in the streets and blood in the convention hall and bitterness on eviction day, enough to oolose the election f the democrats. all of the people who suggested that s.biden should step aside because they want the democrats to win are basing that strategy on the notion that joe biden is just too old, and the notion that iojoe biden is too old is based on a complete and utter misunderstanding of the work of the presidency. the job is to make decisions, not speeches. history writes about the decisions. that is what matters. if you have worked in government, you know that, because speech making is the only thing that the news media is allowed to watch. in a presidency, the news medi
humphrey's stealing the nomination. enough primaries that mccarthy voters angrily then -- 1% about that is why everett since 1968 the democratic party has always been trying to decide the smoothest most predictable lys dramatic conventions turned the conventions into what has usually been television shows. because the last time -- there was blood in the streets and blood in the convention hall and bitterness on eviction day, enough to oolose the election f the democrats. all of the people who...
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democrats nominated hubert humphrey. 76% of the delegates to the convention will be collected. the end of april. that doesn't include the super delegates. the president could easily say i've decided to focus my remaining months in my term on the big job ahead of me. it up to the democratic convention to select my successor. >> neil: with l.b.j., he barely won. he might have said i'm persona none grata here. he's down to a single candidate and party might feel he polls well with donald trump. not so well with nikki haley. they might say it's not the best of circumstances but could be worse. what do you think? >> there's a difference admittedly. lyndon johnson was burned by the war in vietnam and decided to pull out because of that. i think that the bigger enemy that is faced by joe biden is age itself. he is old. he's not up to this. he can't string together two sentences. he's seen as a weak leader. americans will vote for a strong leader even if they disagree with him and have questions about his personality because that they know how important the job is. you have one guy tha
democrats nominated hubert humphrey. 76% of the delegates to the convention will be collected. the end of april. that doesn't include the super delegates. the president could easily say i've decided to focus my remaining months in my term on the big job ahead of me. it up to the democratic convention to select my successor. >> neil: with l.b.j., he barely won. he might have said i'm persona none grata here. he's down to a single candidate and party might feel he polls well with donald...
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he tipped it to richard nixon back then because he took them from hubert humphrey.votes, you take them away from someone else. isn't that what this comes down to? >> well, we're not going to give our alliance to a ticket if we think they're going to be spoilers. our polling -- we're doing a lot of polling says that a bipartisan unity ticket would take from both parties and particularly from a lot of registered independents, which is by far the largest group of voters in america. you said something important, neil, which most people don't know, which is every state but maine and nebraska gives their electoral votes to the ticket with the most votes. that means that if you're in a three or four or five-way race, you get a third of the votes or a little more, you have the electoral vote. that's one of the judgments we're going to make. we think a strong bipartisan ticket could get elected this year. >> neil: we'll watch closely, senator. good seeing you. thanks very much. >> thanks, neil. >> neil: it's called the icon of the seas. let's say it's the world's biggest cru
he tipped it to richard nixon back then because he took them from hubert humphrey.votes, you take them away from someone else. isn't that what this comes down to? >> well, we're not going to give our alliance to a ticket if we think they're going to be spoilers. our polling -- we're doing a lot of polling says that a bipartisan unity ticket would take from both parties and particularly from a lot of registered independents, which is by far the largest group of voters in america. you said...
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if don't know this, hubert humphrey got the 1968 democratic nomination entering a single primary. you still had the party back rooms and caucuses and so forth. it's mentioning somebody asked this morning, how did coolidge end up being selected as vice president. he was actually among the six or eight candidates that the the convention was actively considering in the old fashioned smoke filled room way. so he was already thought of as a person of national prominence. reasons already mentioned. you know, i if you make a time machine and drag coolidge in today maybe he doesn't have the or charisma in the ordinary sense that we now demand of our presidential candidates which a mixed bag at best and but yeah is a problem although on the other hand i like to say that if we had the old system we probably wouldn't have gotten ronald reagan as president because the party establishment did not like him. it did not want him in 1980. and it was only because he could win the new system where the primaries determinate long by the way, donald trump would never obviously would never have gotten t
if don't know this, hubert humphrey got the 1968 democratic nomination entering a single primary. you still had the party back rooms and caucuses and so forth. it's mentioning somebody asked this morning, how did coolidge end up being selected as vice president. he was actually among the six or eight candidates that the the convention was actively considering in the old fashioned smoke filled room way. so he was already thought of as a person of national prominence. reasons already mentioned....