if you wanted a speaker for your club or your group, bob la folette would give a speech. he went to fairs, he went for ever kind of event you could imagine and built a reputation for himself. by 1900, he was ready to run for governor, advocating on behalf of the people. he had two issues. one, the direct primary. no more selecting candidates at convention. two, stop the interests. specifically, the railroads. >> match all of our events from madison saturday noon eastern at c-span's book tv and american history on c-span3. >>> health and human services secretary vialia burwell spoke at the center for american progress on monday about the upcoming open enrollment period in the health insurance marketplace and the efforts of her department to ensure the readiness of healthcare.gov. the open enrollment period for healthcare.gov is november 15th this year to february 15th next year. this is about 45 minutes. >>> well, good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to thank you for coming to center for american progress for this timely and important forum. we begin open enrollment for the