that's not hubert humphrey. hubert humphrey is a great speaker.we just saw in that clip? you had people screaming at you, as basically an operator for lyndon johnson, who is extremely unpopular. so he's a political vice that seems like a squeeze to me. sunday and it was impossible for him to present himself as anything. it was done for him. he didn't have much chance to be himself. but interestingly enough, he was the revolutionary in 1948 and became part of the very establishment that he, like it or not, that he attacked in 1948. >> next telephone call from belfast, maine, pat. >> caller: i worked for hubert humphrey. my husband, in the '60s, was his press secretary. i was murriel humphrey's press secretary. so >> oh, my goodness. >> caller: we were involved in his 1960 campaign, we were with him through all of 1968. we were at the democratic convention and the horror and tragedy of what was unfolding. and i have the experience of escorting murriel humphrey and their children through the basement of the convention center, with tear gas seeping al

. >> hubert. >> hubert humphrey. the president for you and me. >> and there we see hubert humphrey just enjoying life. did he bring this to his politics all the time? >> all the time, yup, that was pretty much the way he ran and he would light up a room. people that met him would say that it would be 11:00 at night and he would get off the plane and work till 3:00 in the morning and everybody was asleep and he'd still be like that. he could just run like that constantly. he loved what he was doing. >> what were some of his other characteristics, he was known for talking a lot. >> he was also a good listener. people miss that part. he did talk a lot. in his speeches he would come with a prepared speech and put it down and just talk for an hour. he knew a lot about a lot of different subjects. really intelligent, and an astounding memory. they figured at the time that he maybe knew five to 10,000 people by first name. >> what a politician's gift to be able to remember names like that. >> go to town, meet somebody, come

that is not hubert humphrey. hubert humphrey is a great speaker. how you speak -- you have people screaming at you and they see you as an operator for lyndon johnson who is on popular. he is an apolitical >> it is impossible for him to present himself as anything. it was done for him. he did not have much of a chance to beat himself. interestingly enough, he was the revolutionary in 1948. he was in the other role in 1948 and he became part of the establishment he attacked in 1948. >> a lot of change from 1948 to 1968. >> next telephone call. >> hello. i worked for hubert humphrey my husband and the 1960's was his press secretary. we were involved in his 1960 campaign. we were with him for all of 1968. we were at the democratic convention and the horror and tragedy of what was unfolding. i have the experience of escorting muriel humphrey and their children through the basement of the convention center with tear-gas seeping all around us as we were going into the convention hall on the evening that he would get the democratic nomination. on that nigh

he brings up hubert humphrey's world -- war record in world war ii. he is decried as a draft dodger. kennedy says i wish he had not brought that up. that was terrible. myself fromociate the fact that hubert humphrey never served in world war ii. one thing leads to another and there are allegations of mob involvement in jack kennedy's west virginia campaign. there was some. a lot of money is poured into west virginia. even though jack kennedy, by now, very nervous about how this election is going to turn out, certain overs -- so nervous he flies to washington d.c. to hide out. you want to downplay a defeat. he gets the call from robert kennedy, you won. that is the end of hubert humphrey's campaign and the end of the primaries. 1, 2 and over. but not the nomination. where has lyndon johnson been? he has not been a candidate. candidacynounced his for the presidency of the united states one week before the democratic national convention starts. now, this does not sound like a great strategy nowadays. but it does make more sense back then. 1952, i like st

he thought he was ahead of hubert humphrey and so, you know, don't rock the boat. he'd end up winning the presidency. don't introduce any variable that might change things. and nixon also, of course, had bad feelings about presidential debates. the time he had previously run for president in 1960 against jfk, you will recall that jfk just shellacked nixon in the first presidential debate. nixon never recovered from that. he ended up losing to jfk, so nixon wasn't a big fan of debates in the first place. so 1968 rolls around. nixon is taking his second shot at the white house. he's ahead of humphrey, and he weasels out of debating. he wouldn't do it. there were no nixon/humphrey debates in 1968, and humphrey gave him a really hard time about it. but nixon said no. and instead on what was literally the eve of the 1968 election -- the election day in 1968 was november 5th. the night before, the night of november 4th, hubert humphrey and richard nixon held dueling head-to-head telethons on two different tv networks. i kid you not. humphrey, the democrat, was on abc fro

hubert humphrey in the enclosed general election.h less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace came in there. [cheers and applause]

i was a strong hubert humphrey person.s the first time that blacks went to the democratic national convention and it turned out that i was privileged or lucky enough to go, because chairman bob vincent arranged that. >> it was a wild convention, wasn't it? >> yes. that was the convention of 1968. i was a pro-humphrey person. i knew him personally. yes, we achieved what we wanted to achieve to get him nominated but not what we wanted to get him elected. >> we are out in front of the governor's mansion in montgomery, alabama, where george wallace lived, for 20% of his life. this is the contenders. >> our 12th week. we have two more weeks after this. our next call from jackson, mississippi. jordan, you are on c-span. hi. >> caller: yes, sir, i have a comment and a question. my comment is, again, my interest in politics began when i was 10 years old working for the american independent party as a wallace volunteer. he didn't have a great deal of support in pennsylvania, he had a strong base of support in the philadelphia area.

it was the disillusionment with how hubert humphrey was selected in 1978. the vice president decided to form a commission that we'll talk more to suggest reforms to the party. it was the humphrey nomination that outraged them and caused them to demand fundamental change. >> what's happening in the hall and outside of the '68 campaign? >> it was chaos. it was a much more tumultuous convention than the '72 convention because the party itself was so divided over the war and personalities. that's the year in which riots in the street of chicago, the police department repressed to the point where it was called a police riot. there was a big fight over a vietnam plank that the antiwar forces lost, but generated tremendous heat. and it continued through the convention. and even after the -- after the nomination of humphrey. i was there, i remember humphrey was a sad figure in his own celebrity toir moment because he knew what was going on out the street and on the floor of the convention. there was such criticism of him and of the continuing of the war. so that wa

then hubert humphrey says our plank on civil rights is not as strong as the republicans.s the same mush that we were peddling in 1944. no, we need to move out of the shadow of states rights into the bright sunlight of civil rights and he forces a floor fight onto the convention. first one since 1942 and he wins. he wins and the southern democrats, some of them anyway, walk out, walk out. the convention is dragging on into chaos and then when they announce harry truman is coming into the hall at 1:00 a.m. past any media notice that you could get, they unleash this -- they open up this big floral display of the liberty bell because they're in philadelphia and they fly out the doves of peace which are all pigeons, actually, and they've been cooped up for hours. and they see all the lights and the noise and the bands and they go crazy. and they're attacking things and flying into electric fans and landing on sam rayburn's head and they're doing things that pigeons do. and harry truman has worn a white suit. [ laughter ] >> well, that's broeprobably thw point. harry truman sta

nixon defeated hubert humphrey in a close general election.less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. george wallace came in third. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪

hubert humphrey had gone to the floor and forced a floor fight on the civil rights plank. the southern democrats were mad enough going into this convention. then hubert humphrey says, our plank on civil rights is not as strong as the republicans'! it's the same mush that we were pedalling in 1944. no, we need to move out of the shadow of states' rights into the bright sunlight of civil rights. and he forces a floor fight onto the floor of the convention, first one since prohibition, and he wins. he wins and the southern democrats, some of them, anyway, walk out. they walk out. the convention is just dragging into chaos. then when they announce harry truman is coming to the hall at 1:00 a.m., past any media notice that you could get, they unleash this, they open up this big floral display of the liberty bell because they're in philadelphia, and they fly out the doves of peace, which are all pigeons, actually, and they've been couped up for hours now and they see all the lights and the noise and the bands, and they just go crazy! and they're attacking things and flying into

but the nomination went to hubert humphrey. not only had he not won a if i thinkle primary, but the democratic party was still being run by the big city political bosses, the machines, and they want today have under respected constituencies brought into the process. they wanted the endire procetir brought up, and they were widely advertised for anyone to participate into it was a disillusionment that put pressure on the democratic party to try to appease the insurgency. it was really the mum fri nomination that outraged the reformers and skauzed them to demand fundamental change. you're covering the '68 conventi convention, what is happening in the hall and outside. >> it was chaos. they, the party itself was so divided other tver the war and permits. the police department repressed, it was a big fight over a vietnam plank that the anti-war force is lost, but generated tremendous heat. and it continued through the convention. and even after the nomination of h h humfrey, he was a sad figure in his own celebratory moment. he kne

one of the most prominent was hubert humphrey, president nixon's chief opponent in the last election a leader in the democratic party, he conversed with a president then chatted with newsmen. >> i think we have to realize that if the president is moving and he is trying and i believe he has made some progress, that's my view of it, i think he has. >> does this mean that you support whatever the president has done in vietnam up until now? >> i think what he has done has been good. he hopes he can do more. i hope he can too. i believe that no man in this country is more desirous of bringing about an acceptable and workable settlement in vietnam than the president of the united states. >> washington, and in particular the white house, has frequently been a focal point for groups demonstrated for or against something or someone. peaceful protest is a citizen's right under the u.s. constitution. president nixon is aware of the objections raised by the vocal minority both responsible and irresponsible. most of the visible pressure on him has been from those who would either get u.s. troops

monday, hubert humphrey. the contenders at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> on thursday, a vote on whether to recommend the appeals court judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. committee meets thursday morning at 9:00 eastern time with a vote scheduled in the afternoon at 1:00 eastern. the senate will take up the confirmation on friday and they will stay in session until she is confirmed. the committee meeting will be live on c-span with gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span2. we will show key moments of the judiciary committee hearing with judge barrett for wednesday and thursday. we begin with committee members asking questions about judge barrett's believes and qualifications. beliefs and qualifications. sen. grassley: judge. sen. graham: start the clock. [laughter] sen. grassley: welcome back. judge barrett: thank you, senator. sen. grassley: i want to compliment you for doing a very good job answering these questions and all about your decision-making process. you've been forthright, candid, thoughtful. de

he had the same problem that hubert humphrey had in 1968. he wanted to unite the democrats.anted someone who is acceptable to labor, it was an urban ethnic, a catholic, that was why kevin white who was one of those who was considered and senator eagleton fit that bill. and senator eagleton was very anxious. he had aspirations of his own. so senator mcgovern's communications director called senator eagleton and said is there anything in your past that we should know about that would disqualify you? he said no there wasn't. >> we will talk about more -- we will talk more about the eagleton decision and the fallout from it. first, let me get ahead from morristown, new jersey and on this conversation. go ahead. >> good evening. senator mcgovern took up robert kennedy's banner in 1968. how much support did mcgovern received from the kennedy forces after he got the nomination and after i headed discussing kennedy family members to the ticket? >> they campaigned enthusiastically for him. ted kennedy was very good about it. the whole kennedy family campaigned aggressively for him. a

and hubert humphrey then said, prohibited the conversation wanted nothing to do with it.i hope that tradition will resurface because i believe american politicians if you are democrat or republican it does not matter if you believe in the sovereignty of our democracy you should believe in the independence of our elections and have no business soliciting from any foreign actor in our electoral processes. because something that just came to the forefront in my research is the soviet union interfered to destroy it richard nixon a republican. it interfered in the 76 and 84 election to destroy ronald reagan a republican. it happens russia wants to help a republican. but russia is actors or choose our leaders for us. to advertise our democracy and undermine the viability of the democratic model as a viable model of governance. that should defend an alarm all americans do regardless of their public loyalties. >> you said earlier in an interview this year the idea of interference is not just changing ballots. but to legitimize the entire process itself part i'm going to read your

anday, minnesota senator vice president of the united states, hubert humphrey, the contenders. this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span3. >> joe biden campaigned in durham, north carolina, talking about the economy and the effects of the coronavirus. he urged voters to cast their ballots early. early voting in the state runs until the end of the month. this clinical report puts north carolina and its 15 electoral votes in the tossup category. vice president biden: hello, hello north carolina. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. it is great to be here. what, that is the hbcus are doing so well. we will make them do even better. thank you for sharing your story, that is what this country is all about. you're making your family proud. i want to thank the speakers ahead of me. commissioner, soon-to-be commissioner, jessica holmes, where are you? i know you are here somewhere. zach hawkins, folks, coach, i tell you what, my granddaughter is with me today. that theto a school coach went to further while in washington. apparently, the coaches tell me th

on the one hand hubert humphrey wanted to distance himself from lbj but he knew he needed lbj and finallymes out and suggests bombing pause. of course that made lbj furious, but it really began to change the tide toward humphrey, but it was too late. again, we've got these really interesting examples and obama blows it all away in terms of the level of support he's giving. >> and doris, knowing you were going to come on today let's fast forward to what happened today. the president of the united states not for the first time is telling rally audiences that doctors are in this for the money, that in effect death certificates are getting signed with coronavirus being put down as cause of death because that means a financial difference to the doctor. and i'll put it to you this way. can you imagine if at the height of polio fdr alleged a financial interest for doctors, or better yet fdr was pitching unproven health cures using the white house as the background? >> it's heart breaking to hear what's happening. i mean when you think about the fact that the experience of the people on the groun

by june of 1968, nixon has assumed a fairly healthy lead over hubert humphrey. griffin is saying he is confident nixon will win. he basically says i want a republican to make the nomination rather than a democrat. if the polls were flipped. let's say we are in an alternative world and hubert humphrey were somehow ahead by 15 points in the polls. i suspect griffin would have said let's go along with this. he gets a significant chunk of senate republicans. 19 senators who were signing on to this statement. remember, we have 11 senators. 10 of whom are democrats. on paper, we have almost 30 senators who seem to be skeptical about a possible johnson nomination. the johnson white house staff does not detect this. just at the time as the griffin round robin is coming out. johnson's liaison team in the white house that basically counts votes in congress prepared these documents for lbj. they say this is a shoe in. we have roughly 70% of the support in the senate. we have a handful of opponents but you don't need to worry. fortas is going to get confirmed. on paper, fro

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nixon defeated incumbent have been hubert humphrey in a close general election with less than 1% of theular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace came in third. ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. ♪

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>> senator hubert h. humphrey! >> senator george mcgovern! >> governor carey, governor of new york!ll anderson! >> senator burke! >> senator al [ applause ] >> mr. mayor. >> governor of rhode island. >> mayor ken gibson. mayor gibson. >> lieutenant kritak of new york. mayor. >> forgive the protocol tonight, there's no protocol in this house. we're all one. [ applause ] >> robert, the unsung hero of the carter campaign. what are you? mayor hatcher. >> let us hope the platform does not collapse. >> mr. woodstock. >> governor. >>> week nights this month on american history tv, we're looking at past presidential debates. tonight, we look at the presidential debates of 1980 and 1984. we'll show the only debate from 1980 between incumbent president jimmy carter and ronald reagan. they fielded questions from journalists on military spend g spending, inflation, innercities and the iran hostage crisis. and then the second debate between ronald reagan and walter mondale. watch and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> the presidents. available in paper back. hard cover and e

are probably not a trump order for somebody happy to vote for truman and jfk where people voted for hubert humphrey didn't vote for george mcgovern. >> you have a number of things in your book talking about the operations of the left of that mechanisms talking about the narrative and the megaphone so explain that. >> the number one tool right now not entirely but maybe just a little bit is not ruled coercively but began to this was a disturbing element of 2020 to see more outright coercive measures and that's disturbing to me which is we see a lot of violence to be excused and denied any event lifted up social legacy by mayors and governors refusing to do anything about the violence or to encourage it. the few times we've seen law-enforcement get a candle under them is to go after those who exercise the right to self-defense and then they started to act in a way we had not seen before that worries me a lot have never seen so much as i have in 2020 that's it. will slip away now through propaganda and doing so in the omnipresent way so right now we have a ruling on another disputed we shooti

monday night, a former vice president and minnesota senator hubert humphrey, the democratic candidate for president in 1968. watch monday beginning at 8:00 eastern. enjoyed american history tv this weekend every weekend on c-span three. the cook political report forecasts 91 competitive house races the cycle, including new york's 11th congressional district. democratic max rose , the 11th in a race district was one of the few who voted for donald trump and elected a democrat in the midterms. this lasts about an hour. >> welcome to our debate from the 11th district general election debate. many voters have already received their absentee ballots. with somebody big decisions, we brinu

hubert humphrey became the runningmate instead. humphrey was in dewey's debt until the day he died. >> and they were social friends. >> they were social friends. >> they were both friends of dwayne andrews and they spent parts of winters together, and i even went to the races with them with the humphries and the deweys once. >> we are all out of time, gentlemen. i want to thank the both of you for being our guests tonight and talking to our viewers and talking about tom dewey and the 1948 campaign and our contenders in our 14-week series and we want to thank all of you for watching tonight and calling in and the staff of the roosevelt hotel here who have been very helpful to our crew tonight. a big thanks to everyone. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> weeknights this month on american history tv, it's the contenders. our series that looks at 14 presidential candidates who lost the election, but had a lasting effect on u.s. approximately ticks. today we feature the life and career of 1952 and 1956 democratic nominee adlai stevenson. he was drafted by

hubert humphrey then said or pivoted the conversation and wanted nothing to do with it. and so i hope that that tradition will resurface because i believe that american politicians, if you are democrat or republican it doesn't matter, you believe in the sovereignty of our democracy then used also believe in the independence of our elections and he should have no business soliciting from any foreign actor, covert assistance in our electoral processes because something that really became support around here in my research is the soviet union interfered in the 1968, elections to destroy richard nixon. of the publican appeared in the 76 and 84 elections to destroy ronald reagan. he republican. it so happens that right now russia does want to help a republican but what russia is after is teachers are leaders for us and sabotage our democracy and undermined the viability hub the democratic models as a viable model of government and that is should offend an alarm all americans. >> host: you said in an interview this year that the idea of interference is not just changing ballot

he also was under a lot of pressure -- he was fond of hubert humphrey.d been in the primaries. he thought jack kennedy was very promising but was too young and too inexperienced. and so, he decided -- also decided it would give a lot of excitement to the convention, which had been pretty much prearranged as to his own nomination. so, he decided to open it up and i think it turned out to be as he predicted. it turned out to be an exciting contest and it introduced jack kennedy to the country. so, there was a lot of good things with it. >> newt has it right. the outcome of the presidential balloting was a foregone conclusion. so to create some excitement and interest, he decided to throw open the balloting for vice president. and quietly, we were all rooting for john f. kennedy, though we had a great deal -- my father adored hubert humphrey and senior senator al gore, were great public servants. but i remember at the convention when the balloting was seesawing for vice president and kenny was ahead, running downstairs to kennedy's suite, where sergeant shr

hubert humphrey in the enclosed general election. with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace came in there. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. (music) thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> thank you. mr. chairman, delegates of this convention, my fellow americans, 16 years ago, i stood before this convention to accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or of any time, dwight d. eisenhower. [cheers and applause] eight years ago, i had the highest honor of accepting her nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] tonight, i again accept that nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> i have news for you. this time there is a difference. this time, we are going to win. [cheers and applause] >> we're going to win for a number of reasons. first, a personal one. eisenhower as you know, lies critically ill in the walter reed hospital toni

but it was no fluke- there's a reason this hubert humphrey mentee and conservative has ayed in office here for nearly 30 years. and he's the only current house democrat who voted against bo arcles to impeach president trump. >> i don'tun with anyby, i didn't run with obama, i didn't th anybody. i try to do my own campaign, keep independent. it's the way i've always done it. i'm still o-life, still pro- gun, and people know that >> reporter: values his rural constituents support. but he's fed challenges. and this election, the longtime incumbent is being targeted byal natiepublicans. house democrats are trying to hold on to their majority. >> well, there's no question, since trump got into polits, running for president, he has cut my margin, he's cut into the people who split their ballot. >> reporter: challenger llc fischbach has state name recognition. most recently she seed as the first female president of the minnesota senate, and as the state's lieutenant governor. >> after my term as lieutenant governor ended, i was at homi e anarted getting calls from folks around the seventh di

nixon defeated incumbent have been hubert humphrey in a close general election with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace came in third. ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. ♪ >> thank you very much. hi! ♪ >> all right. thank you very much. ♪ [ chanting ] >> mr. chairman, delegates to this convention, my fellow americans, 16 years ago, i stood before this convention to accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or of my time, dwight d. eisenhower. eight years ago, i had the highest honor of accepting your nomination for president of the united states. tonight, i again proudly accept that nomination for president of the united states. but i have news for you. this time, there's a difference. this time, we're going to win! we're going to win for a number of reasons. first, a personal one. general eisenhower, as you know, lies critically ill in the walter reed hospital tonight. i have talked, however, with mrs. eisenhower on the telephone. she tells me that his h

tonight, minnesota senator and vice-president of the united states hubert humphrey. the contenders, this week at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv and c-span 3. >> republicans need to pick up 21 seats in the house to gain a majority. according to the cook political report, 91 of the house races this cycle are competitive. one of them is new york's 11th congressional district where incumbent democratic representative max rose is running against republican nicole malliotakis. both took part in a televised event b

nixon defeated hubert humphrey in a close general election. with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. george wallace came in third. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ mister chairman, delegates to this convention, my fellow americans, it 16 years ago i stood before this convention, to a sect your nomination as a running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or anytime, dwight d. eisenhower. [applause and cheers] eight years ago, i had the highest honor of accepting your nomination for president of the united states. [applause and cheers] tonight, i again proudly accept that nomination for president of the united states. [applause and cheers] but i have news for you, this time there's a difference, this time we're going to win! [applause and cheers] we're going to win for a number of reasons, first a personal one. general eisenhower as you know, lies critical ill in the walter reed hospital tonight. i have talked with mrs. eisenhower on the te

man who should have been president, who would have been one of the greatest presidents in history hubert horatio hornblower -- humphrey. [ applause ] i have appreciated what this convention has said about senator humphrey, a great man who epitomized the spirit of the democratic party. and i would like to say that we are also the party of governor jerry brown and senator edward kennedy. [ applause ] i'd like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you're a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, and i can attest to that. your speech before this convention was a magnificent statement of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country and why a democratic victory is so important this year. i reach out to you tonight, and i reach out to all those who supported you in your valiant and passionate campaign. ted, your party needs and i need you. [ applause ] and i need your idealism and your dedication working for us. there is no doubt that even greater service lies ahead of you, and we are grateful to you and to have your strong partnership now in a larger

with the collapse of the democratic coalition, hubert year, theyefeat that had a way to create a politically viable alternative. leading democrats looked for ways to offer coherence. tax politics held out hope for the right and left. you can see a general increase. tax politics offered a way for the white working-class to not abandon liberalism. there was a list of 200 tax millionaires. the treasury report helps to mobilize taxpayers. there was a surcharge that had been passed. frustrated taxpayers flooded congress and the administration. he had only been in the white house for less than a month when all of this hit the fan. by the end of 1969, congress had approved a significant tax package. gave democratic liberals an unexpected victory. the future, democratic strategists hoped they may provide the party with a way to win back loyalty white middle and working classes. they called the bill at or middle americans. those men and women who are trying to make the payments on a home in raise children. for too long they had been taking it on the chin. this does not quite taxpayer anger. scope of

when hubert humphrey was dying from cancer, he consoled his former rival.when he on up the phone, he turned to his aid that, i don't care what it takes, i'm going to his funeral. start working on it. his wife anded said no former president should live in exile. to be seen inn public at his funeral because it would give the country a sense that there was forgiveness, that there was a grace. his first appearance in washington sense watergate -- since watergate. then he emerged at another , giving the eulogy for his friend football coach woody hayes. this is what he said. "he was never satisfied with success and he was never going to be discouraged by failure." there is a rule in life, nixon set of hayes, if you take no risk, you will suffer no defeats. risks, youtake no will when no victories. was certainly describing woody hayes, but he was also describing himself. when bud mcfarlane survived a failed suicide attempt, where he will govern the hospital, the first person he saw sitting by his bedside was richard nixon. "you will need an anchor," he said. the b

wellt humphrey does amongst liberals, but reagan is almost the hubert humphrey of conservatives. the question is interesting, it is in a lot of ways why have we not seen conservatives over the last 50 years in spite of the fact that republicans had this long streak of winning the presidency. why have republicans not been able to put forward would everyone think of as the positive governing agenda under a conservative vision? republicans are good at winning elections in a year when there governmentg anti- sentiment in the country, 1980 when reagan went the present the -- wins the presidency. that is 2010, it might be this year. to do andare not able particularly this is true in the last 20 years is then continue thehat path of broadening gains from there and i think it is because there is no pressure in the way that we talk about politics to present that governing -- positive governing agenda. i think a lot of the roots of that is in this period in the mid-1960's where you see politics starting to be about a contest between one side which is presenting government as this -- of the

it goes back to hubert humphrey from another time and place. how does that set up for 2022?he race begins that wednesday in november, doesn't it? isaac: in some ways, we are gearing up for it right now. to your point, it is not just going to be the ones that are there. it is also going to be defect that their ranks will be bolstered by some of the more purple states, whether that is north carolina or south carolina or maine. furthermore, would we look out to 2022, there are going to be some open seat races in purple states like pennsylvania and like north carolina. i think that will inform schumer's thinking in terms of policymaking and trying to tap more towards the center. jonathan: just quickly, and the time we have left, does the debate happen on thursday given the noise around still? isaac: i think we are going to have a debate. i think the two-minute muting function will be interesting, but the remainder of those segments is still going to be ,he messy, convoluted concerning mass we saw the first time. yes, i think it happens. no, i don't think it is really going to im

when hubert humphrey was dying from cancer, he consoled his former rival. this is fascinating. when the two men hung up the phone, nixon turned to his aide and said i don't care what it , takes, i'm going to his funeral. start working on it. humphrey turned his wife and said no former president should have to live in exile. he wanted nixon to be seen in public at his funeral because it would give the country a sense that there was forgiveness, that there was grace, that of humphrey was ok with nixon that other people should be as well. firstneral marked nixon's appearance in public since watergate. then he emerged at another funeral, giving the eulogy for his friend football coach woody hayes. this is what nixon said in his eulogy of his friend -- "he was never satisfied with success and he was never going to be discouraged by failure." there is a rule in life, nixon said of hayes if you take no , risk, you will suffer no defeats. but if you take no risks, you will win no victories. nixon certainly was describing woody hayes, but he was also describing himself. when ronald reag