calvin coolidge was enormously popular. so -- he could have run for another term in '28. we know that grace probably -- knew he wouldn't. she made -- she made a blanket in the white house that had a square for each month left. there weren't that many squares on it. that was on the lincoln bed. but she -- she was -- not to show she was calling the shots or that she knew and when the president said i do not choose to run, a big surprise in the summer of 1927. a senator was over for lunch and she said equivalent of knock me over with a feather. she really wanted to leave the executive to be free and that was a formal sort of a kabuki dance for her. if you look at her writings and she wrote a lot -- beautiful autobiography, she said there was another mother she was thinking of. and that mother was the mother of charles lindbergh. there was someone whose boy was doing something truly dangerous in those days. she never wanted to freak out her son. grace felt that way about calvin. she wanted to help but not get in the way. it is not a modern style. it is not what we would do bu

calvin coolidge. their son got a blister on the white house tennis court and died within about eight days. this was before -- >> 16 years old. >> just before we got antibiotics. had it been 20 years, 30 years later, he might have been saved. so sudden. >> i was telling -- i was doing panel on first ladies. the new york historical society, a man stood up and an elderly man said because of this death, his mother had always told him not to wear dark socks because it was apparently -- his mother thought that the dye in the socks that had -- did end this child. a whole generation was affected by that. >> how do you mourn in the white house? >> right. >> how do you -- she knew that it was not -- she had to mourn for the public. she had to mourn for the president and the fact that she wore not black but white in mourning the following year. she -- she showed how to mourn in the white house. in that she became a most important symbol because in that period, many, many people lost their children and the mail w

calvin coolidge, like roosevelt, had it all.b cat, a raccoon, and a hippo named billy. >> both teddy roosevelt and calvin coolidge gave large parts of their menagerie to the national zoo here in washington. even today, many, if not most of the hippos in zoos in the united states, are descendents of that original calvin coolidge hippo. >> reporter: but dogs have always been the most likely pick for first pet, for better or worse. for example, there was a story going around that during a tour islands, a scottish terrier was left behind and someone was sent back to rescue him. fdr declawed his critics with humor. >> my family don't resent attacks. but fala does resent them. >> reporter: it is a measure of how well the speech worked that fala wound up as part of the fdr memorial. richard nixon pulled a similar trick, defending himself against accusations he received improper giftings by listing his kids' dog checker as one of them. >> i just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're going to keep i

calvin coolidge. their son got a blister on the white house tennis court and died within about eight days. this was before --

the white house has now revised the official biographies of every president since calvin coolidge. website to brag about president obama's own accomplishments. this is just dreadful. let's go to robert costa of "the national review." i want to start with coolidge. i'm not ashamed to say i liked a free market coolidge. coolidge was a technology guy. he used radio, the first public address on radio, and your pal obama is now rewriting history saying he was social media. just like coolidge. what's up with that? >> it's so absurd, larry, i wouldn't believe it unless i saw it with my own eyes. the president is inserting himself into the footnotes of the official biographies of presidents on whitehouse.gov. in 1924, coolidge gave the first presidential address on radio. obama has a footnote at the bottom saying i used facebook and twitter, so i count just as much as calvin coolidge. it is crazy. >> so fdr. fdr started social security, and you know what? i'm going to give him a lot of credit for starting social security. now, obama is meddling in this, if i get this right. he is putting hi

. >> calvin coolidge had it all.ion cubs, a goose, a bobcat, a raccoon and a pigmy hippo named billy. >> both teddy roosevelt and coolidge gave a large part to the menagery at the zoo in washington. even today many if not most of the pygmy hippos in the united states are descendents of the calvin coolidge hippo. >> reporter: but dogs have always been the most likely pick for first pet. for better or worse. for example, there was a story going around that during a tour of the aleutian islands, roosevelt let the dog fall off behind and sent the navy back to rescue him. fdr de-claude his critics with humor. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: it is a measure of how well the speech works that follows part of the memorial. richard nixon pulled a similar trick defending himself against accusations he received improper gifts by listing his kids' dog checkers as one of them. >> and i just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're going to keep him. >> reporter: voters ate it up. it does not always g

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underwhelmed there is such a rich tradition in this country of catchy campaign slogans from calvin coolidge's nineteen twenty four slogan keep cool with coolidge to ross perot's one thousand nine hundred two phrase ross for boss but it was like the obama campaign was trying to play it safe just one word boring one very boring word now we wondered how the selection process happened to pick this one very boring word and we version they kind of must've gone down like this. hi guys thank you so much for coming in participating in our focus groups figure out the obama campaign's new slogan for our two thousand and twelve campaign now you're just going to hold up the paddle the black side means that it's a good slogan and the white side means that it's a bad slogan should it be the other way. no no it should all right no the first slogan we're going to look at is born to lead. ok mr white supremacy what is your issue with this one going to lead i don't think the whole birth certificate being people are going to. say let's try the next one which is working thinking ever. ok what what's wrong with th

she's also a syndicated columnist for bloomberg news and author of a forthcoming book on calvin coolidge that will be the definitive biography of that very definitive body and overlooked president, an economics history we're very lucky to have amity as part of our panel, and finally we have our moderator cokie roberts. cokie, as i'm sure you all know, is an internationally acclaimed journalist who has won so many awards, including three emmys, she's in the broadcasting and cable hall of fame and was cited by american radio and television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history broadcasting. she's the author of two works that are especially relevant to our topic today, "founding mothers" and "ladies of liberty." cokie, it's a real honor to have you here, and with that i'll turn the proceedings over to you. thank you, thank you so much. thank you. >> well, what a treat it is to be here. mrs. bush, so good to see you, and mrs. collins, an old, old friend, dee collins, from many years in washington, and these two women are out of a great tradition of the women who come as the adjuncts

under coolidge awries calvin coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address. first president to hold virtual town halls with google, facebook, et cetera. >> there is nothing wrong with that. it's not like the president links to herbert hoover that says he let the banks destroy the economy. mitt romney would do the same thing. if he was doing that that would be wrong. who cares. megyn: chris plante, you tell me, if mitt romney wins or when george bush was president, if george bush had goon on there and tried to compare his policies to past presidents, especially democratic presidents, do you think our friend chris hahn would be sitting here. >> they would be filing lawsuits. >> george bush wasn't able to figure out how to do it on the internet. >> if you go to wikipedia and go to pages like the "i love lucy" page they have comments on how when barack obama was in italy he stomped on grapes in a big barrel, too. barack obama is everywhere. he's the kim jong-un of our time. that wine, i want some. it's a republican whining. i'll take the wine. >> what we like to

calvin coolidge, 1924, the most recent presidential nominees hailing from massachusetts, john kerry in'88 and of course a guy named john kennedy. we'll be right back. you're watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned and get even greater rewards. ♪ home protector plus, from liberty mutual insurance, where the costs to both repair your home and replace your possessions are covered. and we don't just cut a check for the depreciated value -- we can actually replace your stuff with an exact or near match. plus, if your home is unfit to live in after an incident, we pay for you to stay somewhere else while it's being repaired. home protector plus, from liberty mutual insurance. b

spending-- including the military-- declining to a share of the economy we haven't seen since calvin coolidge was president. how does he propose to make that happen? the stuff... all the stuff that's concrete is sharp cuts in medicaid, sharp cuts in aid to the poor. but that's more than offset by his tax cuts for the rich and the rest is fake. >> rose: let's suppose somebody says "i'm with you, let's stimulate the hell out of this economy." will you at some point say to me that the debt is a huge u.s. problem for the future and tell me when you'll be prepared to say that and what you'll be prepared to do to bring it down. >> not a problem. i'll give you my... i'll get trouble for this but i've been saying that the long-run solution to the u.s. fiscal problem is death panels and sales taxes. i'm being deliberately... >> rose: death panels? >> death panels and sales taxes. it means we have to make choices on health care. not in fact death panels. >> rose: to deal with the debt you have to make choices on health care. you have to fix health care. >> which means, among other things, say nothing t

may be calvin coolidge -- [applause] may be calvin coolidge is an example, he comes in right after worldr i. wilson does a huge bureaucracy which would become a model for the new deal state, but coolidge and office tries to do a lot to cut back on the sides of the federal government. people tend, -- but it raises the bigger question which is as sandy mentioned, there's certain contradictions in the office, at one of the contradictions is head of state versus being a prime minister. we expect the president to be both exciting is what i'm doing is making a pitch for the president not to be prime minister and to be more of head of state. i think sandy, just someone i can take them once the president to be more of the prime minister and less ahead of state. would want more coordination between the president and the leadership of congress hiring specials, like in england, specialist to the cabinet. but i don't, i'm not convinced that's actually the way to go. i look at what's going on in europe these days as a good example, the european parliamentary model not necessarily being superior to ou

president calvin coolidge once stated, no person was ever honored for what he could be.e 166 brave men and women gave their all. they lay down their life to protect and serve families, friends, coworkers, and the public who are here today to honor them. may they rest in peace. may god bless the families they leave behind, and may god bless america. thank you. [applause] >> i know had the honor and privilege to introduce our keynote speaker for this, our 31st annual national peace officers' memorial service. barack obama, the president of the united states, will address us today. this is the second time that president obama has been able to join us. to honor the families of our fallen heroes. mr. president, it's a great privilege to have you with us. the men and women whose memory we cherish today put themselves in harm's way to say, to protect the citizens of the communities and this great country of ours. we thank them for their sacrifice, and we share the grief of the families. and we will never forget them for you, for speaking here today. while the rank-and-file offi

the so-called hey did you know factoids appear on every president going all of the way back to calvin coolidgepeech, president reagan called for a fair tax code where a millionaire didn't have a lower tax rate than his secretary. today president obama is calling for the same thing with the buffett rule. the these added links call for the repeal of don't ask don't tell. the rnc has created its own obama in history website. it shows the president is part of other historical events like the moon landing and the declaration of independence. and with historical figures like einstein and richard nixon and of course, elvis. the white house insists the biographies themselves were not changed. they say they simply added links at the bottom of each page and it's a commonly used internet practice to explore people further. while these additions didn't cross the line by changing the presidential bog arrests themselves, the white house could have made it clear that they were not part of the official white house presidential biography. here's the question. is it appropriate for president obama to change the

president calvin coolidge once stated: no person was ever honored for what he received, honored for whatave. these 166 brave men and women gave their all. they laid down their life to protect and serve families, friends, coworkers and the public who are here today to honor them. may they rest in peace, may god bless the families they leave behind, and may god bless america. thank you. [applause] >> i now have the honor and privilege to introduce our keynote speaker for this, our 31st annual national peace officers' memorial service. barack obama, the president of the united states, will address us today. this is the second time that president obama has been able to join us to honor the families of our fallen heroes. mr. president, it's a great privilege to have you with us. the men and women whose memory we cherish today put themselves in harm's way to say -- to protect the citizens of their communities and this great country of ours. we thank them for their sacrifice, and we share the grief of their families, and we will never forget them or you for speaking here today. while the rank a

the heritage foundation discovered that the president inserted into today in things like when calvin coolidgend he established the guidelines when it comes to broadcast. he equivocates that, does the president, to becoming the first president to hold virtual gatherings in town halls like twitter, facebook and google. in 1946, the national urban league was formed. president truman talked about equal rights. president obama talks about don't ask, don't tell. very similar and now the newest one. >> f.d.r., of course, added social security to the fabric of america. and the passage on august 14, 1935, president roosevelt signed the social security act and here's the new insert. today, the obama administration continues to protect seniors and ensure social security will be there for future generations. seems a little political rather than historical. but nonetheless, they did it for all the presidents since coolidge except for gerald ford. >> then this addition for jimmy carter in 1977, president jimmy carter created the department of energy. that's what it originally said and this was added. today

president calvin coolidge once stated -- no person was ever honored for what he received.reward for what he gave. these 166 brave men and women gave their all. they laid down their life to protect and serve families, friends, co-workers and the public who are here today to honor them. may they rest in peace. may god bless the families they leave behind and may god bless america. thank you. [applause] i now have the honor and privilege to introduce our key note speaker for this our 31st annual national peace officers memorial service. barack obama, the president of the united states, will address us today. this is the second time that president obama has been able to join us, to honor the families of our fallen heroes. mr. president, it's a great privilege to have you with us. the men and women whose memory we cherish today put themselves in harm's way to say, to pretect the citizens of their -- protect the citizens of their communities and this great country of ours. we thank them for their sacrifice and we share the grief of their families and we will never forget them or