thomas eagleton. to your knowledge has anyone else ever quit and can you tell us more about eagleton? >> i think so many people want to be in those positions, that it's unlikely they want to quit. eagleton was sort of a last minute choice by the nominee george mcgovern. they didn't do a lot of apparently that morning, mcgovern said let's go with eagleton. then the drip, drip, drip of stories began to come out of all the research that had been done on him that he had had seous psychological issues. he had been psychiatric care, gotten shock therapy. even though he was fine after that, it was too much for the political culture to tolerate. so they took him off the ticket. he resigned from the ticket. senator mcgovern then chose sergeant shriver as his choice. you have to go through the party, though, to get somebody to replace somebody on the ticket. this is the party's nominee. therefore, the party has to approve whoever might replace somebody. >> interesting. now, so the vice presidential candidate, s

eagleton, i think, was the worst in history when george mcgovern was running as a democrat. but it was a different day and age. back then, the president would be picked during the convention. there was not a lot of trauma. unlike today, where we know who the nominee will be well in advance of the convention, and it ends up being a four-day-long infomercial with a balloon drop at the end. there was arm wrestling, arm twisting, and old-fashioned haggling, and when the president was picked, they would pick the vp. back then, people really spent an hour talking about who the vice president would be. it was a different world. mcgovern went down a list. in fact, he was looking at people like ted kennedy, and he ultimately ended up with eagleton and asked him if he needed to know about anything, and eagleton assured mcgovern that there was nothing there. after mcgovern picked him, it turned out he had multiple cases of electro shock therapy, which scared the country, and mcgovern had to jettison eagleton, so that was a double embarrassment. sarah palin did bring some things to mcca

was nominated at 3:00 in the morning and then he had that terrible unfortunate situation with tom eagleton. had to replace him. he was an unapologetic liberal champion. he didn't run away from that word. in some ways, bill clinton learned from him. he was his texas coordinator in 1972 and he moved the party to the center. but more than anything, he was just vigorous about opposing the war and he only carried the district of columbia and massachusetts. people had bumper stickers that said, don't blame me, i voted for mcgovern. >> another person vigorous about the anti-war efforts, president obama. the presidential debate is on monday. want to talk about the new gallup poll showing romney up by 7 points, but a lot of people asking if this poll is right. >> well, nate silver of the new york times disputed their methodology, gallup. it's really a variance with all the other polls. but it does create a possible scenario that somebody could win the popular vote like romney, but still lose the electoral college vote and that means you have to get 270, that the person that lost the popular vote wo

his pick for vice president, tom eagleton was dropped by mcgovern once it cam out eagleton had been hospitalized for mental illness. >> there is not much cause for dancing in the streets of sioux falls, south dakota. >> reporter: on election day he lost every state but massachusetts, and the democrating party lost once loyal voters. by the time the kid who met him at the airport pulled the party back to the middle, the term mcgovernite was a slur democrats would use against each other. a lasting respect came mcgovern's way, as senator and after as a cause of fighting hunger. to the end he stuck to his views whether they were in fashion or not. john donvan, abc news, washington. >>> drivers across the country are getting a break as prices at the pump continue to fall. gas prices dipped about 12 cents over the past week to a national average of $3.68. california still has the the highest prices in the u.s., but refinery problems there have cleared up. oil prices are also falling. that's some good news. >> we like that. here is your monday forecast. more than a foot of snow in sierra nevadas. 10 in

maggie is a college alumni, regular at eagleton.she is a widely admired and sought after democratic strategist. mike is also a records -- who took this as an undergraduate. he describes himself as not an outstanding student, but i'll leave it to you to judge where he's gone from there. today, mike is the nationally prominent and highly respected republican strategist. mike and maggie took over the course of its previous long-time instructors in 2009 and since then have distinguished themselves with their extraordinary knowledge, there would incivility, especially notable because of their stances at opposite ends of the partisan spectrum. when we decided to offer a public program highlighting the influence of money in this 2012 election, we turn to mike and maggie, no wayne they would keep the discussions both informative and lively, but with a minimum of alleged that. tonight, they are joined by two experts who are working at the epicenter of political money. one of them, jonathan collegio has rutgers credentials like mike and maggi

debate didn't air until 2:30 in the morning long after peoplehood gone to bed and then he had to dump eagletonarned he had seek at trick injuries. nixon won by a landslide. they boosted the careers of gary hart and a then unknown bill clinton. he would try again in 1984 only to drop out after poor primary showings but his words still resonate. >> the question is not are we better off than we were four years ago. the question is where will america be four years from now. what is the american future. what kind of america do we want to be? >> later in life, the man from the south dakota prairie refocussed on cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength of feat families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the later one to be admired. he would say what others would not. martin savidge, cnn. ack. actually... that way i could split my payments up into little bite-size chunks. i mean you feel me right? yeah. uh, sir...

among the missteps in his campaign, mcgovern was forced to dump his running mate thomas eagleton after it was learned he had a history of psychic -- psychiatric problems. nixon won by a landslide. mcgovern ran again in 1984 but dropped out because of poor primary showings. his words from that campaign still resonate today. >> the question is not -- are we better off than we were four years ago? the question is -- where will america be four years from now? [applause] what is the american future? what kind of america do we want to be? >> mcgovern helped transform the democratic party nomination process and to what it is today. he scaled back the role of party officials and insiders and increased the role of caucuses, primaries, and delegates. he also started the food for peace program. >> we will stick with presidential politics because the countdown is on. just 16 days left until the election, and tonight, the candidates are busy prepping for tomorrow night's date. president barack obama is at camp david, and mitt romney is in florida. richard, even with the two debates down, there are

. >> so join with me in this campaign.ca lend senator eagleton and me your strength and your support and together we will call america home to the ideals that nourished us from the very beginning. ( applause ) from secrecy and deception in high places, come home, america. from military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, america. >> woodruff: in short order though, vice presidential nominee thomas eagleton was forked after the ticket after revelations he had had psychiatric care and after mcgovern initially said he supported him 1,000%. the south dakota senator went on to win just a single stat massachusetts and the district of columbia abouts president richard nixon rolled to re-election. it was just five months after the watergate break-in that would ultimately end nixon's presidencywoin disgrace. meanwhilenc mcgovern fervent opposition to the war brought many erto the partyto ranks. in 1984 he spoke with cokey roberts on the newshour about this activism his earlier run had generated >> that gives me the greatest satisfaction is that they haven't dropped out

then mcgovern was forced to dump his running mate, thomas eagleton, after it was learned he had a history of psychiatric problems. nixon won by a landslide. he boosted the careers of gary hart and then unknown bill clinton. mcgovern would try again in 1974, only to drop out in prit marries. >> the question is not are we better off than we were four years ago, the question is, where will america be four years from now? [ applause ] >> what is the american future? what kind of america do we want to be? >> later in life, the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength to feed families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best, saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality many later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. remembering the life of george mcgovern who died today at the age of 90. >>> in other news in lebanon, there is growing rage over the assassination of

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his pick for vice president, tom eagleton, was dropped once it came out he had been hospitalized for mental illness. >> there's not much cause for dancing in the streets of sioux falls, south dakota, tonight. >> reporter: on election day, he lost every state but massachusetts, and the democratic party lost once loyal voters who would never return. so, by the time that kid who met him at the airport pulled the party to the middle, the word mcgovern-ite was a slur that democrats would use against each other. as for the man, though, a kind of lasting respect came mcgov n mcgovern's way, as a senator and afterwards when he made a cause of fighting hunger. to the end, he stuck to his views, whether they were in fashion or not. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to john tonight. >>> and there is still much more ahead here on "world news" on a sunday night. those swipe cards you use to get into your hotel room. coming up on "world news," are they just giving thieves easier access? "world news" getting answers tonight as hotel gelss are getting warned. in america today we're ru

then mcgovern was forced to dump his running mate, thomas eagleton after it was learned he had a historyatric problems. nixon won by a land slide. despite the defeat, his campaign attracted the political young turks of the day boosting the careers of gary hart and a then unknown bill clinton. mcgovern would try again in 1984 only to drop out after poor primary showings. but his words still resonate. >> the question is not are we better off than we were four years ago. the question is where will america be four years from now? what is the american future? what kind of america do we want to be? >> reporter: later in life the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administration, using america's agricultural strength to feed families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best saying, the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality many later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. >> mcgovern's family issued a statement earlie

that has been taught at the eagleton institute of politics for more than two decades and has always been taught by a bipartisan team of political practitioners in collaboration with a scholar with a political scientist. the course is a perfect example for us of what the institute itself is aimed at. we aim, for more than half century now, at enriching the cent -- study of politics by linking it to the world of political practice,the course cg students with people whose everyday lives and work were all around politics, government, and policy making. and what a year is for politics. i do not think i need to tell you that. in this intense and combative election year, there is the usual interest in the candidates and in important issues facing the country, but now, and additional focus on the political process as it unfolds in a world of unprecedented technology and unprecedented amounts of money, especially in the wake of the supreme court's citizens united decision, election year 2012 is awash in money, nearly drowning in what the late california political leader, who many years ago used t

mcgovern had to jettison eagleton so that was a double whammy, a double and there's been.lin did bring some things to mccain stick it in a way. fundraising, for example. mccain was being outdone raised by obama and mccain campaign needed windblown in its sales. it was attracting small crowds. it was kind of lethargic. sarah palin image as a rock star. the press couldn't get enough of her. when she came down can do it to florida after being picked, there were 40 some thousand people that showed up. it was like the rolling stones concert. unfortunately, for mccain, sarah palin pretty she wasn't ready for prime time. so for that reason we now a person is one heartbeat away from the most important office, it matters. without some good ones, so bad was but i think anyway you look at it, joe biden is a good pick. he balance the ticket geographically by age, but never a factor obama was from the midwest. biden from east. obama was younger. bite was over. obama without that experience. eitan was very experienced. i like most present them vice presidents like lbj and ginger didn't

then mcgovern was forced to dump his running mate, thomas eagleton, after it was learned he had a history of psychiatric problems. nixon won by a landslide. despite the defeat, his campaign attracted the political young turks of the day boosting the careers of gary hart and a then unknown bill clinton. mcgovern would try again in 1948 only to drop out after poor primary showings, but his words still resonated. >> the question is not are we better off than we were four years ago. the question is where will america be four years from now? what is the american future? what kind of america do we want to be? >> later in life the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength to feed families at home and then eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best, saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality that he later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. martin savage, cnn. >>> other news thi

two weeks after the convention, his campaign was staggered when running mate thomas eggalton -- eagletont he had undergone electroshock therapy. even in the watergate scandal couldn't save mcgovern from a landslide defeat. >> mcgovern carried only massachusetts and the district of columbia. >> we have pushed this country in the direction of peace and i think each one of us loves the title of peacemaker more than any other office in the land. >> two years later, nixon and his vice president both left office in disgrace and by 1975, president jerald ford was presiding over america's chaotic exit from vietnam. george mcgovern in his later years spoke out about what mattered to him the most, ending military operations in iraq and afghanistan. to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting in

that is where tom eagleton was treated for years. apparently a son of one of the doctors of the doctor who was thoroughly conversant with his mental difficulties leak of that story to the press. it was also leaked at time magazine, but i never interbedded that to the nation campaign. >> of the nixon campaign or redo my talk about your world war two camp -- -- world war ii career because that would hurt you. >> i always felt awkward. and talking about what a great hero i am. it is not the kind of thing that comes easily to me, but i think we should have talked about it more than we did, especially since i was viewed in the public mind as an anti-war person, maybe a pacifist, maybe like the radical kids on the campuses. i should have said one of the reasons i am speaking out against the war in vietnam is that i know firsthand what war does. it is a terribly destructive and cruel and beiber enterprise -- barbaric enterprise. i am proud i participated because i thought that was a war in which we have no honorable alternative. hitler was

that eagleton underwent electroshock therapy for depression.st vietnam recollect my son was then 9 years old. he is now 19 and faced with the draft. it never occurred to me when i started speaking out against that war that it would come day catch my own son 10 years later. >> more recently mcgovern endorsed hillary clinton for the being democratic nomination but changed his mind and backed barack obama and told the ap in 2009 obama's win would be a victory for moderate liberalism. he passed away today in sioux falls south dakota. back to you. >> peter doocy, thanks so much. let's go tote rest of today's headlines. police believe they have found the body of desmond moses in the ashes of his burned home. moses was wanted for shooting an entire family. killing the father and his 4-year-old son and then critically wounding the mother and two other children. cops say that moses lived at the home at the back of the family's property and was being evicted from it. he reportedly burst into their house and started firing. one child did escape without an