governor blanton himself later went to prison. so that was the -- there was this, you know, nest of corruption in the governor's office on the first floor of the state capitol. and so on december 15th of 1978, just a month and a half after the election where blanton actually could have run for reelection, but there was so much controversy at this point, he said i'm not going to run again. on december 15th the pbi execute z -- fbi executed a sweep in which they arrested three people. one of them was in our state capitol. on ground floor. and they came in, and they arrested the governor's chief legal counsel. and he had money in his pocket. he had cash that had been marked by the fbi. they had gotten into several of these cases and had money that was changed hands, obviously, and this marked money was on this man's person. he was arrested. same time at the nashville airport, the state extradition officer who reported to the legal counsel was stopped before he could get on a plane to memphis. and he had clemency documents in his brie

governor blanton -- that was -- this nest of corruption in the governor's office on the first floor and december 15, 1978, a month and a half after the election where blanton could have run for reelection, there was controversy at this point, he said i am not going to run again. on december 15th the fbi executed a sweep in which they arrested three people is one of them was in the state capital. on the ground floor. they came in and the rest of the governor's chief legal counsel and he had money. he had cash marked by the fbi. they had gotten into several of these and had money that changed hands and the smart money was on this man's person. he was arrested at the same time the national airport status tradition officer who reported legal counsel was stopped before getting on a plane to memphis and he had clemency documents. at the same time in memphis there was an arrest of the governor's chief security detail, a lieutenant on the tennessee highway patrol and by this time the fbi knew this man, this lieutenant had become the man to see. if you had a friend or loved one in prison you wer

joe blanton to geordie. straightaway not coming back. a 2 run shot. his 4th.enten misplaced anger. -- blanton misplaced anger. 6-1. pirates beat the dodgers. injury begets opportunity. the a's have experienced both. they've used the disabled list 16 times. as a result we have seen a litany of prospects taking their major league debut. dylan overton. getting help early from danny valencia.

>> we should point out that dana blanton is marvelous in many ways, and that's one of the ways, because it's a straightforward, clear-headed way to put it. when legitimate news organizations like us poll, we don't look for a set number of democrats or republicans. we look for an electorate that looks like america, and then we say, and how do you consider yourself, democratic, republican, or independent. the split between -- here's the thing that republicans sometimes have a hard time accepting. there are just more democrats in america than there are republicans. in the 2012 election, on election day, when that exit poll was taken, guess what, there were 6 points more democrats than there were republicans. that's how it is in america. and that's why republicans rely so much on independent voters to make up for the gap. that's just the truth. >> just the facts from the exit polls from 2012. let me ask you about this, back to our current polling, and as you just highlighted, there are more democrats than registered republicans nowadays, but let's talk about those independent voters. when y

. >> turns out the fbi became interested in the blanton administration early. they were focused on the governor's office, particularly the office of exhibition -- ex traditions, working on pardosna dn parole. >> -- pardons and parole. but you have this small crowd that were up to no good. licensinguor store and highway construction bid ri gging. people went to prison. so this set in motion this extraordinary three-day period coup oned with the wednesday evening. right next door is the tennessee supreme court building. in that chamber, governor two speakersth it of our legislature standing him best standing next to him, took the oath of office for governor three days early. they kept it a secret from , because theyon did not know what he would do. he could have mobilized the tennessee national guard to make andng around the capitol keep everyone else out. but he did not know. happened call the coup successfully around 6:00 p.m. that night. primarythe political season over, c-span's road to the white house takes you to this summer's political conventions. watch t