c-span: john connally. >> guest: i liked john connally. i thought he had a great presidential demeanor about him, and i think president nixon did too. c-span: where did you photograph these two together? >> guest: this was done--this is one of the few press photographs that i did. it was in the press room of the white house when president nixon introduced connally to the press corps as his new secretary of the treasury. and that--that, i believe, was in 1970. and from that point on, connally did increase in stature, until things turned the other way. c-span: all along, you're shooting asa at 400. >> guest: that's right. and it was all hand-held, no tripod. and the--the lighting in the white house was--was my best friend because it was consistent throughout. it was 160s at f4 and all you had to do was find your angle, focus and shoot. c-span: here's the oval office again, the president with his back to us. mike mansfield on the right, russell long on the couch; hugh scott, ron zieglar in the back behind the couch there; senator moynihan, jo

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reagan had this challenge with john connally. goldwater had the same challenge with rockefeller.shment had massive financial advantages. reagan lost five straight primaries before he finally started winning in 1976. we will find a pro-abortion, pro-gun-control, george soros- approved candidate establishment will not do very well. i am happy to have a debate with the governor romney. i will debate him one-on-one anywhere and anytime that he is willing to stand up and explain his record without the kind of gimmicks used in florida. >> looking past february -- >> everybody will get a chance. super bowl was not until 3:29 p.m. >> there is a report that some have been meeting with mitt romney and he said that he will help him financially. >> who? >> sheldon. >> i have no idea. >> with that bother you? >> first of all, i believe he is quoted as saying that, if i dropped out, he would be willing to support governor romney. i have said myself that the choices -- i have said myself that, if the choice is obama or romney, then there is no choice. compared to barack obama, virtually anybody

we would be talking about the administration of president john connally, who was not nominated or presidentick perry, who is not going to be nominated. for the general election, both candidates have so much money it will factor out. money will get from the nominated -- romney nominated against santorum, who represents a grass-roots movement. it will be interesting to watch. host: we have a caller from pennsylvania. what do you have to say? caller: i think this gentleman is accurate in everything he says. my question is, are you familiar with the situation with ronald reagan's affiliation with the drug cartels? is there a correlation between that and the situation with china and the opium dens. when people talk about going back to the reagan era nobody mentions the fact that under his regime there was a serious drug situation going on under his watch even though his wife's motto was "just say no." guest: the idea about reagan that it fosters drug use, i do not think it is sound. -- that he fostered drug use, i do not think it is sound. anyone would be implicated if they wanted to get into th

you may remember when john connally was the governor of texas. he could control that. he could go into a smoke-filled room and have something to bargain with. that is not want to happen anymore. if you think about the kind of delegates that will be at republican convention, those who emerged to support ron paul or rick santorum, you are not going to have people who are going to easily be controlled by any figure in the republican party. what it conjures up is that seen in the fal episode of west wing where in choosing a successor they're fictional precursor to barack obama who was not doing all that well but when dead to get his speech and captivated the convention and totally turn things around. they are speculating on which figures could get up and give a speech in suddenly catch fire on that commission floor. a few nam come to mind. they are not necessarily the ones that would be at the top of the wish list. >> do you agree this goes on until the end of may? >> i think it goes on at least through the middle of april. march does not look good for romney. even if he w